It’s so common to feel bursts of motivation and inspiration to connect to our spiritual nature. And it is equally as common to feel the opposite of these sorts of feelings as we navigate what it means ...

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Most of us have heard these words from the French philosopher, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

In a recent column, Franciscan Fr. Daniel P. Horan suggests that it might not be such a bad thing to be spiritual but not religious. "What if our starting point in thinking about what it means to be a ...

Church leaders often wring their hands over fear that withholding public condemnation of individuals about sexuality, politics, Communion or some other issue could be the potential source of "scandal" ...

The sleek office towers of corporate America seem worlds away from the century-old building in Detroit that now houses Soul Tribes International Ministries. Yet for Shaman Shu, the transition from ...

(The Conversation) — Clergy, chaplains and other spiritual leaders play vital roles in their communities, from celebrating life’s most joyous moments to offering comfort and guidance in the face of ...

Our ideological opponents are not the enemy. Someone who grew up in a more liberal religious tradition than mine once told me the sermons in his church were always boring, especially on Easter Sunday.

Spiritual well-being is a major issue in health care, but instruments for measuring this construct in adolescents are lacking. This study adapted the 12-item Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness ...