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By JENA LOWEc. 2010 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The newest employee at Washington National Cathedral was nowhere to be found in her office on a recent afternoon. She was probably out and about, staffers said, doing God’s work.    “She likes to bring gifts from her adventures,” said Jean Jawdat, the deputy director of the…

Guest Blog by Ram Dass Imagine feeling more love from someone than you have ever known. You’re being loved even more than your mother loved you when you were an infant, more than you were ever loved by your father, your child, or your most intimate lover–anyone. This lover doesn’t need anything from you, isn’t…

Today is my son Alexander’s birthday.   He came into the world 19 years ago and spent his first 77 days in neonatal intensive care.  Now he is a grown up Queens College sophomore and college sportscaster living his dreams and making a difference in the world.   We are eternally grateful to the AMAZING neonatal staff at…

Guest Blog by Val Walker Are you trying to support a friend in need, but not sure what to do? Try these tactics for reaching out to people in distress:  Make a scrapbook. It can be painful to discuss a person who’s just passed. Sorting through old photos can help the griever open up about…

Guest Blog by Bob “Mr. Happy” Moyers   Volunteers from around the globe will be encouraged to “take the pledge of forgiveness” this fall in celebration of the 5th annual National Forgiveness Day. It falls on October 30th this year. It is always the last Saturday of October each year.   We are hoping to…

A new book, “Promise Me,” out in time for October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, tells the story behind the founding of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.   Growing up in postwar Peoria, Illinois, Suzy and Nancy Goodman were inseparable, with the elegantly poised Suzy serving as younger sister Nancy’s best friend and role model…

A colleague shared this image of her adorable cat, Izzy. You might remember Izzy as the 2007 winner of Time Out New York’s “Cutest Cat in New York City” award. Back then she was a kitten. Now, as a slightly more mature cat, she is clearly exercising her right to make a fashion statement about LOVE.…

Beliefnet’s video producer, Jen Kachler, landed her first on-camera interview with one of America’s biggest and favorite movie stars — Matt Damon. Here in town to promote his new movie, “Hereafter,” Damon talked with Jen about his own thoughts about death, the afterlife and what inspires him. Although he did not quite claim to know…

There is no grief like the grief that comes with loss of a child. Losing a baby before he or she has a chance at life, or even, a chance at birth, is devestating. The only people who truly understand the impact of this loss are those who have been there. “Moving through Grief,” a special program of…

Guest Blog By Marysa SherenIt’s hard to explain what drew me to Argentina. Your quintessential humanities-worshipping college kid, I dabbled in studying Spanish as a foreign language throughout my teenage years and, like many Philosophy majors hailing from pampered suburban backgrounds, wanted to do something that would make my parents wildly uncomfortable. When the time…
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