Many traditions include holy days or ‘holidays’ as days of festivity to celebrate and many traditional festivals revolve around the cycles of creation...

Many cultures have rites of passage, especially for people entering adulthood. Among many Native American communities boys often underwent a vision qu...

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...

Our ancestors’ lives from birth to death were shaped and structured by spiritual traditions but today many people are no longer connected to religious...

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

European civilisation has been shaped in many ways by its Christian heritage. In the Middle Ages the Church started schools, universities and hospital...

Christianity as a continuously developing process.

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

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 t...