May Practice: Use Right Speech
This practice is from The Practicing Democracy Project's "Practicing Democracy at Work" guide. While it is framed for the workplace, right speech is important in every aspect of our life! Many values of American democracy are important in our work—such as...
Three ways to foster self- and holy care at work
Love is a pretty big part of our workplace vocabulary, but that’s probably what you would expect from a place with a mission to help build the spiritual foundation for a loving world! But honestly, love can have a place...
A Study of Spirituality in the United States Since COVID
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SPIRITUAL? How do spirituality and faith animate our daily lives, particularly during COVID and similar times of challenge? These are the questions at the heart of Fetzer’s "Study of Spirituality in the United States...
December Practice: Listen with Respect
The idea that all of us are created equal, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, means that everyone deserves respect. We can practice being respectful at home first by listening to our own wisdom and the ideas of others...
All Our Relations: A Reflection on Lakota Spirituality
An interview with Siniti and Victoria Oneda by Fetzer Institute Program Officer Chelsea Langston Bombino. And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight,...
November Practice: Revising Systems to Serve the Common Good
The decay spreads over the State, and the sweet smell is a great sorrow on the land. Men who can graft the trees and make the seed fertile and big can find no way to let the hungry people eat...
March Practice: Dive Under Emotions
Engaging online with images and stories about important democratic matters can kindle strong emotions. Sometimes the emotions are joyful; other times fear and anxiety are triggered. The adrenaline rushes of these responses can be overwhelming. This practice invites you to...
June Practice: Contemplative Walks
This spiritual practice takes walking from an experience of observation and listening to a contemplative experience to increase your self-awareness and your feelings of deep connection to your neighborhood. It is designed to encourage such democratic values and virtues as...
August Practice: Look for a Person’s Essence
Democracy requires that we listen to others sincerely, even when there is disagreement. But how does this work online? When you consider the person on the other end of the comment or video, what would it mean to listen with...
June Practice: Uncertainty Abounds
Whatever states of mind, happy or unhappy, occur, never mind—we should constantly be reminding ourselves, "This is uncertain." This is something people don't consider very much, that "this is uncertain." Just this is the vital factor that will bring about...