Many traditions include holy days or ‘holidays’ as days of festivity to celebrate and many traditional festivals revolve around the cycles of creation including solar and lunar cycles, harvests, death and rebirth. Festivals help connect indivi

Vision Quests

Nov 7th, 2017 33m 30s

Many cultures have rites of passage, especially for people entering adulthood. Among many Native American communities boys often underwent a vision quest by going out into the wilderness alone and fasting. Rites of passage for girls were gene

The Healing Power of Animals

Oct 7th, 2017 31m 14s

Many people who keep pets have experienced their ability to comfort and heal. There is now a pet therapy movement where people take dogs and cats into hospices and children’s hospitals, and the human animal bond can help many physical and ment

Reconnecting With Religious Roots

Sep 7th, 2017 33m 23s

Our ancestors’ lives from birth to death were shaped and structured by spiritual traditions but today many people are no longer connected to religious festivals or practices. This loss of religious faith in unprecedented, and in 2016 in the UK

Blessings

Jun 9th, 2017

What is a blessing? Is it just wishing someone well, or is there more to it? What's going on in a blessing?

Is Christianity a victim of its own success?

Apr 26th, 2017

European civilisation has been shaped in many ways by its Christian heritage. In the Middle Ages the Church started schools, universities and hospitals, and set up systems for caring for the sick and the poor. In the twentieth century, the hosp

Christian Evolution

Nov 15th, 2016

Christianity as a continuously developing process.

Ancestors and Pilgrimages

Aug 28th, 2016

A dialogue on praying for ancestors and on pilgrimage. Recorded at Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC; August, 2016.

Detoxifying Christianity

Feb 22nd, 2016

For many people, Christianity is like a toxic brand. Why is this so and what can be done about it? Recorded at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; September, 2015.

All Souls Day

Sep 24th, 2015

All Souls Day — the day of the dead — falls on November 2, and is particularly spectacular in Mexico. Hallowe'en, or All Hallows' Eve, is the eve of the festival of the dead, which starts with All Saints' Day on November 1.

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