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Conceptual image is AI-generated. I recently quickly read the 2024 book by Rev Karla Kamstra: Deconstructing: Leaving Church, Finding Faith. I say quickly because the writing style is nurturing and conversational, but seems directed more toward a young, female audience who are "spiritual, but no longer religious" and have found the courage to leave their conservative, patriarchal Christian church. The book provides a helpful antidote to the scourge of white Christian (sic) na

Rick Bonetti
Mar 313 min read


Interspirituality - The Future
The term "interspirituality" was coined in 1 999 by Brother Wayne Teasdale in his book, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions . In 2002, a charity organization known as The Interspiritual Dialogue was founded with Br. Teasdale, and it became the parent of the Light on Light Press . In 2012, Namaste Publishing released Dr. Kurt Johnson and David Robert Orr's book The Coming Inter-spiritual Age . Amazon says: " This book addresses Bro

Rick Bonetti
Mar 21 min read


Practicing Hope
"In a time of intersecting crises — conflict, climate disruption, displacement, and growing inequality — women and girls are often called upon to carry both material and emotional burdens of survival and care. While much policy attention focuses on structural solutions, far less attention is given to the inner capacities that sustain collective action for justice. This gap becomes especially visible where gender justice work is undermined by backlash, burnout, shrinking civic

Rick Bonetti
Feb 263 min read


Spiralling UP
"At a time when the world appears increasingly turbulent something deeper is also moving — a maturation of awareness, responsibility, and relationship. The spiral is an ancient and universal symbol of evolution. It honours both continuity and change , grounding and emergence. Rather than beginning again, we are integrating what has come before, moving forward with greater coherence, wisdom, and care." This past weekend (February 21-22, 2026), I participated online in Sympos

Rick Bonetti
Feb 234 min read


Fossil Fuel Divestment
. Churches take to the streets: WCC joins massive climate justice march in Brazil at COP30. COP30 in Brazil is in its final days, mid-November, Bloomberg reports : " Dozens of countries are pushing for the COP30 summit to deliver a ' road map away from fossil fuel use ' as its key outcome,.. At the United Nations meeting, representatives from the Marshall Islands, Colombia, the UK, Germany, Kenya, and Sierra Leone led a group of about 20 countries in calling for a path to sh

Rick Bonetti
Nov 18, 20256 min read


InterSpiritual Unity Consciousness
Father Thomas Keating Father Thomas Keating (1923-2018) had a prophetic vision of Oneness as both an inner state of consciousness and an...

Rick Bonetti
Feb 27, 20254 min read


Church of the Planet and a Theology of Evolution
In her 2020 book Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion, Ilia Delio says: "The shift from the individual to the posthuman in the...

Rick Bonetti
Jul 19, 20242 min read


Hope on the Edge, Beyond Boundaries
May 18, 19, 25. and 26, 2024 - The Guild for Spiritual Guidance, and the Human Energy Project are co-sponsoring a webinar series with Dr....

Rick Bonetti
Feb 21, 20242 min read


World Interfaith Harmony Week 2024
Interfaith harmony: Implementing the transformative agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals UN Photo/Manuel Elias World Interfaith...

Rick Bonetti
Feb 2, 20242 min read


India's Festival of Lights
On Sunday, November 12, 2023 many Indians around the world will be celebrating Diwali, the Indian festival of lights that Hindus, Sikhs,...

Rick Bonetti
Nov 13, 20232 min read


Hindu Environmental Faith Perspective
Gopal D. Patel was the only faith voice on climate change at the TED Countdown Summit 2023 held July 11-14, 2023 in Detroit, MI. His...

Rick Bonetti
Sep 13, 20232 min read


United Nations and Climate Action
"The world is in a climate emergency – a code red for humanity”~ UN Secretary-General "The concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Rick Bonetti
Aug 28, 20232 min read


Climate & Energy Resources for Faith Communities
July 18, 2023, at Noon PDT - Interfaith Power and Light is having a webinar briefing with the U.S. Department of Energy on the Inflation...

Rick Bonetti
Jul 14, 20231 min read


Ecumenical Advocacy Days
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a virtual gathering scheduled for April 25-27, 2023 from 5:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.PDT. This "annual gathering of...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 2, 20232 min read


An Evolutionary Hope for the Future
In 1967, when I was just entering graduate school at UCLA, history professor Lynn White Jr. had his article The Historic Roots of our...

Rick Bonetti
Feb 6, 20233 min read


Resilience Over Climate Abuse
The Unitarian Universalist Young Adults for Climate Justice caucus is looking for support as they will be heading to New Orleans in April...

Rick Bonetti
Feb 3, 20231 min read


Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD), based in Jerusalem, is a non-profit organization, which according to its...

Rick Bonetti
Jan 23, 20231 min read


PCUSA Climate Care Challenge
According to the Presbyterian Church (USA) website “Earth-keeping today means insisting on sustainability—the ongoing capacity of natural...

Rick Bonetti
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Green Circles Building Resilient Communities
February 21, 2023, from 6:30–8:30 p.m., PST - Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) will have its first Green Circle meeting this year. ...

Rick Bonetti
Jan 16, 20232 min read


Three Great Loves
In 2017 the United Church of Christ (UCC) created the 3 Great Loves campaign:: Love of Neighbor Love of Children Love of Creation "These...

Rick Bonetti
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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