/morsl/taxonomy/term/128/all en /morsl/article/radix/meditating-music <p>Perfect and pure meditation, I suppose, would require no noise at all, or at least a complete <em>tuning out</em> of the noise. But for those of use who need a little help centring ourselves, focussing, concentrating, or zoning out into a meditative-<em>like</em> state, sometimes music can help. And some music is better than others.</p> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:30:06 +0000 Krissy Keech 2476 at /morsl /morsl/article/interfaith-dialogue/experience-god <p>Transcendence. Experiencing the divine. Tasting that sweet essence of God. For the Sikh, God has no form. God has no shape, age, race, or gender. God was never born, and will never cease to be. God is. That's it. The Sikh definition of God, found in the beginning of the Sikh scripture (the Aad Guru Granth Sahib) and the main Sikh prayer (the Mool Mantra), is not so much a definition as an anti-definition. God is told to be timeless. The face of God Guru Nanak says the face of God is immortality. The enemy of God? God has no enemy, and God holds no enmity. So what is this God then?</p> Mon, 19 Dec 2022 21:13:56 +0000 Santbir Singh 2419 at /morsl /morsl/article/holidays-and-holy-days-radix/me-and-my-advent-wreath <p>I grew up in a family of Lutheran background. Today, I still feel quite connected to my faith and traditions. Part of that tradition is the Advent Wreath; something one can find in many Christian homes and most churches in the month leading up to Christmas. As a child, I was always captivated by the Wreath, and as a young adult a lot of people ask me about its significance. The Wreath is symbolic in several ways, but also carries sentimental value for many individuals, including myself.</p> Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:02:03 +0000 Christoph Sprecher 2413 at /morsl /morsl/article/holidays-and-holy-days-radix/little-things <p>As another holiday season arrives, I take the time to reflect on what it means to me. I celebrate Christmas. My family is Catholic, but I'm not. I don't know what I believe religiously. All I know is that I love Christmas.</p> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:19:48 +0000 Emily Miller 2407 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/dylan-hillerbrand <h3 style="text-align:center">Reflection</h3> <p style="text-align:center"> </p> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:34:14 +0000 Dylan Hillerbrand 2240 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/darcy-wang <h3 style="text-align:center">One Tree, One World</h3> <p style="text-align:center"><img height="716" width="500" class="file-extra-large no-float" src="/morsl/files/morsl/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/darcy-image-wood_2.jpg?itok=38GZIgL3" alt="" /></p> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:31:18 +0000 Darcy Wang 2239 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/midhat-kiyani <h3 style="text-align:center">Mother Earth is Crying: World's Faith Communities and a Call to Compassionate Action for Climate</h3> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:23:37 +0000 Midhat Kiyani 2238 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/elyse-macleod <h3 style="text-align:center">On Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue</h3> <p>As a PhD student who studies intercultural and interreligious dialogue, I would like to offer some reflections on my work that were inspired by this year’s Parliament of World Religions.</p> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:13:55 +0000 Elyse MacLeod 2237 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/antonia <h3>Swastika, Hakenkreuz – Tracing the History of A Charged Symbol</h3> <p> </p> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:12:25 +0000 Antonia 2236 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/chloe-hugla <h3 style="text-align:center">Our Heart's Belonging</h3> <blockquote> <p>There are places where our heart belongs,</p> <p>And places where we have two hearts.</p> <p>Where the beatings play separate songs,</p> <p>Under the skies of ending nights.</p> <p> </p> <p>Take your stick for your start,</p> <p>Take the morning filling your will to live,</p> <p>And set out on the path under the rising light,</p> <p>Walking with nobody to deceive.</p> <p> </p> <p>It is a contingent day, in a long land,</p> <p>Full of mountains that disappear when you close your eyes.</p></blockquote> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:10:57 +0000 Chloe Hugla 2235 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/diana-gomez <h3 style="text-align:center">Compassionate Conversations</h3> <p style="text-align:center"><img height="373" width="500" class="file-extra-large no-float" src="/morsl/files/morsl/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/diana-gomez-image.jpeg?itok=KVeYbkEH" alt="" /></p> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:06:04 +0000 Diana Gomez 2234 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/cathy-chuang <h3 style="text-align:center">Grief is Love</h3> <blockquote> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 689px; float: left;" class="file-extra-large lt" src="/morsl/files/morsl/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/cathychuang-image-powr_2021_reflection_piece.jpg?itok=FdY1Lryr" width="500" height="689" alt="" /></p> <p>We are not always ready to part ways</p> <p>Still, “farewell” must come and it comes too soon</p> <p>So I hope you know</p> <p>To be deeply missed is to have been dearly loved</p> <p>Your love exists in actions</p></blockquote> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:00:12 +0000 Cathy Chuang 2233 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/ryan-brown <h3 style="text-align:center">Passion in Action; Love in Form</h3> <blockquote> <p>the Imam, the Priest, the Monk;</p> <p>all of them at once endorsing</p> <p>love between two men</p> <p>not only as acceptable</p> <p>but as sacred.</p> <p> </p> <p>the power of the moment</p> <p>as metaphor for love</p> <p>for what’s possible with love</p> <p>overshadowed only</p> <p>by its immanent beauty.</p> <p> </p> <p>right then in front of my eyes</p> <p>a union transcending boundaries</p> <p>subverting history</p> <p>and empowering faith</p> <p>all at once</p> <p> </p></blockquote> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 15:55:42 +0000 Ryan Brown 2232 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/radix-spotlight-taja-de-silva <h2><b>Compassion in Action: <i>Buddha’s Lost Children</i></b></h2> <h3>Introduction</h3> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:04:31 +0000 Taja De Silva 2229 at /morsl /morsl/article/radix/radix-spotlight-grace-feeney <p>In "I See the Promised Land," King’s writing has an underlying, but sometimes explicit, theme of man’s freedom being related to their being made in the image of God, and seems to believe that this can be seen made manifest in the relations between men. Succinctly, he finds the central cry of black people and other exploited groups around the world to be “we want to be free” (King 280). He expands on this declaration by writing that “we are saying that we are determined to be men. We are determined to be people. We are saying that we are God’s children.</p> Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:20:51 +0000 Grace Feeney 2145 at /morsl