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Jackie BaileyThe Guardian |
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...
Some people put up their guard at the word “spiritual,” suspecting an evangelical membership drive or a snake oil sales pitch. I can understand...
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...
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...
Mindfulness, spirituality, wellbeing – these words are treated as interchangeable in the global wellness marketplace. But spirituality is not the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...