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From Buddhism to Christianity: how spiritual reflection can draw on many different traditions

29.12.2024 5

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Jackie Bailey

In finding beauty in the broken, we can form a bridge between the mundane and the divine

Holes are forming in my favourite socks. They aren’t anything special – a black poly-cotton blend. But they are just the right length to cover the...

03.11.2024 80

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Jackie Bailey

Spirituality is the shy hope in my heart that I can co-create a better world

Some people put up their guard at the word “spiritual,” suspecting an evangelical membership drive or a snake oil sales pitch. I can understand...

06.10.2024 30

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Jackie Bailey

If you are spiritual but not religious, how do you want to die?

In the past, death rites were based on what religion you belonged to. I was raised Catholic and, for Catholics, death was seen as the gateway to...

30.06.2024 10

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Jackie Bailey

We should embrace our inner goddess – but let’s not create another test for women to fail

When I am on deadline, nothing yet defrosted for dinner, and the washing is hanging on the clothesline in the rain, I find it hard to connect to my...

16.06.2024 10

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Yes, praying and posing can bring joy – but true spirituality demands something more of us

Mindfulness, spirituality, wellbeing – these words are treated as interchangeable in the global wellness marketplace. But spirituality is not the...

02.06.2024 60

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Making sense of it Looking for role models among the spiritual leaders of history? Look to the women in their lives

Sometimes I think the entire point of religion is to help men behave more like women. Members of a religious community are supposed to get along with...

21.04.2024 10

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I have worked as a celebrant for years, and yet I still wonder – why do people get married?

I have been married for 14 years and have no plans to update my relationship status. But that doesn’t stop me from wondering – why do people still...

02.03.2024 40

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Jackie Bailey

Making sense of it You don’t have to follow a particular God to say a prayer. The words are all that matters

When we were little, my sister and I said our prayers every night before bedtime. By my teenage years, I had started falling asleep before we had...

11.02.2024 20

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Jackie Bailey

Guardian Opinion cartoon Nicola Jennings on Chris Skidmore quitting Sunak’s unstoppable oil tanker – cartoon

09.01.2024 40

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Jackie Bailey

Making sense of it How do you bring your spiritual self to your job and make sure you are doing more good than harm?

The average person will spend 90,000 hours – about 20% of their waking life – at work. The French philosopher Simone Weil calls work “part of an...

07.01.2024 20

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Jackie Bailey

Dementia has allowed my mum to live in the present. If she can forget, then maybe so can I

My mum has got a lot nicer as she has got older. Growing up, she had an unpredictable temper. I tried not to give her reasons to be mad at me, but she...

27.12.2023 10

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Jackie Bailey

Making sense of it Without religion, Christmas can lose its meaning. Look to history to reclaim it

When I was a kid, I loved midnight mass. I would watch Carols by Candlelight on TV then mum would give us a snack and we would head out into the...

17.12.2023 20

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