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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 29/09/2026

29 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... "Liquid Spirituality describes a contemporary spirituality that is less tied to inherited institutions and more open to personal exploration... creating a path that is continually changing." #liquidspirituality #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 28/09/2026

28 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... Today, we can note the lunar month and the agricultural season and ask: What is changing around me that I might otherwise overlook? What has ripened? What is ending? What is beginning to prepare itself beneath the surface? #secularspirituality

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 27/09/2026

27 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... "There is no single clock that completely describes existence. We live by the movement of the Earth, the phases of the Moon, the changing seasons, the cycles of living things... " #interfaith #secular

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 25/09/2026

Thought for the day, 25 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... #secular #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 24/09/2026

Thought for the day, 24 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... #interfaith #secular

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 23/09/2026

Thought for the day, 23 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 22/09/2026

Thoughts for today ~ online at chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 22/09/2026

Read the article online at chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for... #interfaith

Thoughts for the Day ~ 21 September 2026

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 20/09/2026

Reading from Dewey's "A Common Faith" ~ www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/theology-phi... "The things in civilization we most prize... exist by grace of the doings and sufferings of the continuous human community... Here are all the elements for a religious faith that shall not be confined..." #secular

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 17/09/2026

Reading "Chasing the Numinous: Hungry Ghosts in the Shadow of the Psychedelic Renaissance" ~ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... A quote: "... the multi-layered collective fascination with psychedelics may yet be another symptom pointing towards a deeper... spiritual malaise..." #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 16/09/2026

Reading "Seeing is Believing" storage.googleapis.com/jnl-up-j-sn-... "A majority... consider themselves not religious, but many... still have some beliefs they consider spiritual... Interviews... organized into... themes: ‘Experiencing Transcendence’ and ‘Constructing a Personal Spirituality’..."

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 10/09/2026

Reading Spinoza ~ "...liberation comes not from denying necessity but from understanding the causes shaping us... Repentance involves honest self-examination, changed behavior, and repair of harm... Not theological agreement, but shared insistence that transformation requires truthfulness..."

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 09/09/2026

Reading an article about "Liquid Spirituality" ~ www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16... "...'liquid' secular spirituality does not constitute a rigid or formal category but rather a... detraditionalized, individualized, and emotionally pragmatic character of many #secular spiritual practices..."

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 03/09/2026

Reading an article about the history of prayerbooks and Books of Hours ~ www.facsimiles.com/worlds-of-wi... Download a #Secular Book of Hours here ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/S... #SecularLiturgy #ModernLiturgy

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 31/08/2026

Posted online A #Secular Liturgy for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. A passage: We enter these days together. Not because the universe has promised us a particular future, but because we do not know what the future will bring. A year has ended. Download from rabbibrody.us #moderjew

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 31/08/2026

Reading 'A #Secular Jewish Rosh Hashone Observance,' liturgy from the 1970s, from the archives of #Jewish Currents magazine: jewishcurrents.org/secular-jewi... "We partake today from the bounty of tradition and we create anew from our collective experience and our humanistic beliefs..." #modernjew

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 24/08/2026

Posted online "World Religions: An Elementary Secular Guide" (for elementary school aged children) ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/s... #secular #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 16/08/2026

Enjoying reading freely available articles from "The Best of Epicurus" on "The Cave" website ~ www.theclassicscave.com/epicurus Articles include: * The Three Basic Parts & Epicurus' Works * On Living Well & Happily * Simplicity of Life #secular #stoics #philosophy

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 13/08/2026

Posted online ~ a free, one-page practice for daily use: Changing the Question secularchaplain.org/secular-prac... #secular #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 11/08/2026

Registered for 'Beyond Burial: Building Community in Green Burial Spaces' ~ 26 August, 7PM (US eastern time). Information and free registration ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bur... #interfaith #secular #deathsky

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 09/08/2026

Posted a new, short secular midrash ~ seedsofsinai.org #interfaith #secular #humanist #modernjew

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 17/06/2026

Glad to see that #Secular Student Alliance is again offering scholarships to full time students. Information and applications are here ~ secularstudents.org/wp-content/u...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 16/06/2026

Reading about a webinar 17 June ~ "Reframing Rochdale: Centering Race and Indigeneity in Co-operation across the Americas" (events.teams.microsoft.com/event/178764...) "...marginalized communities have long practiced mutual aid and co-operation... as formal... institutions became entangled..."

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 16/06/2026

Reading a synopsis of the book "Secular Faith" ~ homepage.villanova.edu/vincent.lloy... "... there is no paradox at all in the term #secular faith. The only sort of faith is this-worldly, and there is no way to meaningfully engage with the world that does not involve faith." #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 14/06/2026

Reading 'What does Conservation Burial mean for the land and for people?' "Conservation burial... is about... social and ecological spaces that... sustain the planet and all who dwell on it." Information & resources ~ www.conservationburialalliance.org/uploads/1/1/... #interfaith #deathpositive

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 13/06/2026

Reading "Theology and Spirituality: Strangers, Rivals, or Partners?" ~ scispace.com/pdf/theology... A passage: "...spirituality is not... distinguished from... #secular life. On the contrary, spirituality has something to do with the integration of all aspects of human life and experience."

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 09/06/2026

Registered for "Animals, Ethics, and Justice: Capitalism as an Animal Ethics Problem" ~ a free webinar from John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing ~ rethinking economic systems that structure human–animal relations. Information & registration here ~ jh.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 06/06/2026

Enjoying using daily prompts from the website whattodrawtoday.com Free and keeps good company during each day...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 05/06/2026

Great graphic at www.nature.com/articles/s41... that shows three stages of religious decline around the world ~ countries include Nigeria, Turkey, Columbia, Peru... (and not just the usual western countries...). #secular #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 05/06/2026

Reading "Secularism, sorting, and Americans’ political knowledge" ~ academic.oup.com/sf/article/1... A passage: "Self-identified atheists / agnostics consistently score significantly higher than religious or non-affiliated Americans on questions about basic civics..." #secular #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 04/06/2026

Reading "Who comforts the secular?" ~ an article posted online 3 June 2026. Read it here ~ onlys.ky/who-comforts... A passage: "... people don’t immediately think of... a secular chaplain. The idea of non-religious chaplains is relatively new, and they aren’t available everywhere..." #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 02/06/2026

Reading an article from the "Philosophical Journal Gary Lovan" ~ "Viktor Frankl and Meaning." A passage: "I think Frankl stands at a threshold. He shows that human beings need meaning more deeply than happiness..." The full article from 31 May 2026 is here ~ gwlovan.blogspot.com/2026/05/vikt...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 01/06/2026

Nice to be reading " #Volunteering in Public Libraries " ~ a report published in the UK: "...a meaningful representation of disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+ and minority ethnic volunteers... (reflects) libraries are... inclusive..." Read more here ~ www.librariesconnected.org.uk/sites/defaul...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 25/05/2026

Joining "Redesigning the End" for their free online course: Writing Meaningful Condolence Letters. Includes reading pieces by famous authors and taking a look at traditions and trends. Information and registration ~ www.redesigningtheend.com/courses/writ... #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 22/05/2026

Reading "Grasped by the Spirit: An Anthropological and Theological Understanding of an Existential Religious Experience" (www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/17...) A passage: "... #anthropology might incorporate theological concepts and categories to make sense of... #religious experience..." #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 20/05/2026

The Clergy Letter Project is an endeavor designed to demonstrate that religion and science are compatible. Recently, a (first) signature from Tanzania was added by Rev. Canon Bart Lucas Segu. Read more here ~ www.theclergyletterproject.org/Resources/ma... #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 18/05/2026

Enjoying reading about current Asian Peace Walks that are fostering #interfaith harmony ~ buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 16/05/2026

A (free online) article from Modern #Theology: "Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism" ~ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A passage: "(The concept of) #Christian #Humanism... was of... self-development and... the creation of a beautiful soul..." #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 13/05/2026

Thanks to @livedplaces.bsky.social for publishing "Going South" by Paul Kunoni. I am reading a sample here ~ tinyurl.com/GoingSouthPa... Blending history, memoir, and #anthropology ~ how ancestry, displacement, and resilience shape African lives in a world marked by migration. #interfaith

Going South ~ Tracing the Masai from the Middle East to East Africa, by Paul Kunoni

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 10/05/2026

Reading "TOWARD A NEW HUMANISM - One world anthropology" by Tim Ingold. Here is a passage ~ "the world is a conversation; it is not the object of our conversation. In this conversation lies... the becoming of being..." Here is the link ~ aura.abdn.ac.uk/server/api/c... #humanism #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 08/05/2026

Reading about the different environmental impacts of burial, cremation, composting... our human remains. Found a good article (that contains some advertising) here ~ tinyurl.com/burial-crema... #interfaith

planning head for burial, cremation, green burials...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 05/05/2026

Planning to join "Monthly Conversations on Abolition ~ Unitarian Universalist Theologies of Accountability: How Do We Invite Repair for Harm?" More information and registration here ~ clfuu.churchcenter.com/registration... #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 04/05/2026

There's still time to register and join @icjsbaltimore.bsky.social and others for a four-week book study ~ 'Injustice and the Care of Souls' ~ how racism and bigotry impact spiritual well-being. Facilitated by Rev. Alisha Wimbush. Free registration ~ icjs.org/events/care-... #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 30/04/2026

Reading on the Arizona #Interfaith Movement website about different traditions with celebrations on May 1 ~ interfaithmovement.com

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 24/04/2026

Looking forward to joining @icjsbaltimore.bsky.social for a four-week book study ~ 'Injustice and the Care of Souls' ~ how racism and bigotry impact spiritual well-being. Facilitated by Rev. Alisha Wimbush. Information and free registration ~ icjs.org/events/care-... #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 22/04/2026

Today at 1pm Eastern, joining an #EarthDay online conversation on connections between nature and #spiritual practice. Information and free registration here ~ www.augsburgfortress.org/webinars/ear...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 18/04/2026

Join an upcoming online death café ~ a relaxed and informal get together to talk about death and dying. No agenda and no sales pitches ~ just a time for people to talk. Information and registration here ~ deathcafe.com/deathcafe/25... More information about death cafes here ~ www.deathcafe.com

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 15/04/2026

Looking forward to joining @joyfulpath.bsky.social Friday 17 April for 'Journey to Bhutan' ~ joyfulpath.org/event/journe... Ngawang Pema shares about her recent trip to Bhutan for a Global Peace Prayer Festival and ordination ceremony with more than 260 nuns from around the world. #interfaith

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 09/04/2026

Found a great resource ~ freely downloadable prayer pamphlets from different traditions for children who are sick. Includes #Native American, #Pagan, and Buddhist; also available in Spanish. Download pamphlets from the Children's National Hospital website ~ www.childrensnational.org/plan-your-vi...

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Alison Brody @chaplain.nyc · 05/04/2026

Sounds like an interesting online program this week ~ "You Can’t Be a Christian In a Pod: Latine Christian and #Humanist Dialogue." Information and free registration are here ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/you-cant-b...

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