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Spiritual Malaise and Mass Shootings

Spiritual Malaise and Mass Shootings

by Shirin McArthur | May 23, 2022 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture

America’s most disgruntled citizens are at it again. There have been too many mass shootings, or attempted mass shootings, in recent days. (I first drafted this post a week ago, in the wake of a horrific weekend in Buffalo and elsewhere.) Of course, even one is too...
Connecting Jesus’ Wisdom on the Righteous with His Jewish Heritage

Connecting Jesus’ Wisdom on the Righteous with His Jewish Heritage

by Shirin McArthur | Mar 7, 2022 | Christianity, Conscious Living, Society and Culture

Last week, a member of this year’s Beloved in the Desert cohort contemplated Psalm 37 in St. Philip’s Daily Bread reflection series. (I’ve shared one of my prior Daily Bread postings here before.) Maddie is converting to Judaism and connected the psalm with the Jewish...
Pondering the Difference between Adulate and Emulate

Pondering the Difference between Adulate and Emulate

by Shirin McArthur | Feb 28, 2022 | Christianity, Ministry and Service, Society and Culture

Last week in our antiracism discussion group (which is still going strong almost two years in), one discussion thread focused on Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. While not of a different race, Samaritans were still seen as outsiders by the Jews in Jesus’ time....
Holding Space for Busy Bees and Students

Holding Space for Busy Bees and Students

by Shirin McArthur | Feb 7, 2022 | Conscious Living, Ministry and Service, Nature and Seasons

This past week was very full for me. In addition to work with several editing and coaching clients, spiritual guidance sessions, and retreat leadership planning, I participated in multiple sessions of the first week of this year’s Hesychia School of Spiritual...
Revising My Comment about Charitable Giving in Europe

Revising My Comment about Charitable Giving in Europe

by Shirin McArthur | Jan 24, 2022 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture

I’ve claimed here before that I am open to learning new things and today I’m going to share an example of that. Two weeks ago, I wrote about connecting charity and capitalism and included a statement that an American who had lived overseas told me probably a dozen...
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