And now may God, the Soul of the Universe, Be pleased with this, my offering of words. And being pleased, may He give me This favor in return: That the crookedness of evil men and women cease, And the love of goodness grow in them. May all beings experience from one another The friendship of … Continue reading Dnyanadev’s Benediction: A Hindu Prayer
Michael Livingston God of wind and rain, sun and moon, peaks and valleys, frozen tundra and arid plains, God of all creation: Some of us are in Texas recovering from the worst storm the state has ever seen rain and rising waters flooded lives washed out fortunes futures great and meager; some of us … Continue reading A Morning Prayer
Sarah Sayeed Prayer Shared at Middle Collegiate Church, New York City, 9/10/17 Greetings of peace. Assalamu’alaikum. I begin with the name of God, most Gracious, most Merciful. One of the greatest poets, mystics, jurist-philosophers of all time, a man by the name of Jalal ad Din Muhammad Rumi, who lived in the 1200s taught … Continue reading Removing Our Barriers to Love: A Muslim Prayer on the Anniversary of 9/11
Love, Struggle, Resist: 