Alison Brody
@chaplain.nyc
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30 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for...
"...Liquid faith can mean receiving without possessing. I can learn from a tradition without claiming to represent it. I can practice something without having to adopt its entire worldview..."
#interfaith #naturewriting
"...Liquid faith can mean receiving without possessing. I can learn from a tradition without claiming to represent it. I can practice something without having to adopt its entire worldview..."
#interfaith #naturewriting
30 September 2026
Liquid faith begins with the possibility that spirituality does not have to remain inside one tradition. A person can encounter something meaningful in a pagan
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September 30, 2026 at 10:44 AM
30 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for...
"...Liquid faith can mean receiving without possessing. I can learn from a tradition without claiming to represent it. I can practice something without having to adopt its entire worldview..."
#interfaith #naturewriting
"...Liquid faith can mean receiving without possessing. I can learn from a tradition without claiming to represent it. I can practice something without having to adopt its entire worldview..."
#interfaith #naturewriting
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
"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
September 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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
"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
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
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
September 28, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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
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
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
"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
September 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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
"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
#interfaith thoughts for the day, 26 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for...
26 September 2026
Today falls within the Hindu observance of Pitru Paksha, a period traditionally devoted to remembering and making offerings for ancestors. In contemporary
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September 26, 2026 at 8:18 AM
#interfaith thoughts for the day, 26 September 2026 ~ chaplain.nyc/thoughts-for...
September 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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September 22, 2026 at 12:05 PM
September 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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
"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
September 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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
"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
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
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
September 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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
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
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’..."
"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’..."
September 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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’..."
"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’..."
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..."
"...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..."
September 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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..."
"...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..."
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..."
"...'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..."
September 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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..."
"...'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..."
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
Download a #Secular Book of Hours here ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/S...
#SecularLiturgy #ModernLiturgy
September 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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
Download a #Secular Book of Hours here ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/S...
#SecularLiturgy #ModernLiturgy
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
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
August 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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
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
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
"We partake today from the bounty of tradition and we create anew from our collective experience and our humanistic beliefs..."
#modernjew
August 31, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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
"We partake today from the bounty of tradition and we create anew from our collective experience and our humanistic beliefs..."
#modernjew
Joining Green Burial Council for their free webinar "Building Community in Green Burial Spaces" ~ 26 August, 7-8pm EDT. Focusing on community engagement and deepening connection to the land.
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bur...
#interfaith #deathsky
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bur...
#interfaith #deathsky
Beyond Burial: Building Community in Green Burial Spaces
August’s installment for the Monthly Free Webinar series hosted by the Green Burial Council
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August 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Joining Green Burial Council for their free webinar "Building Community in Green Burial Spaces" ~ 26 August, 7-8pm EDT. Focusing on community engagement and deepening connection to the land.
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bur...
#interfaith #deathsky
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bur...
#interfaith #deathsky
Posted online "World Religions: An Elementary Secular
Guide" (for elementary school aged children) ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/s...
#secular #interfaith
Guide" (for elementary school aged children) ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/s...
#secular #interfaith
August 24, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Posted online "World Religions: An Elementary Secular
Guide" (for elementary school aged children) ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/s...
#secular #interfaith
Guide" (for elementary school aged children) ~ secularchaplain.org/data/files/s...
#secular #interfaith
Looking forward to joining @thetibetcenter.bsky.social tonight at 7pm (EDT). Venerable Khensur Rinpoche Nicholas Vreeland will be talking about #secular ethics.
To be streamed online ~ no registration needed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvWv...
#interfaith
To be streamed online ~ no registration needed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvWv...
#interfaith
THE TIBET CENTER'S - MONDAY NIGHT LIVE - AUGUST 17 2026 7PM
YouTube video by TheTibet Center
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August 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Looking forward to joining @thetibetcenter.bsky.social tonight at 7pm (EDT). Venerable Khensur Rinpoche Nicholas Vreeland will be talking about #secular ethics.
To be streamed online ~ no registration needed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvWv...
#interfaith
To be streamed online ~ no registration needed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvWv...
#interfaith
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
Articles include:
* The Three Basic Parts & Epicurus' Works
* On Living Well & Happily
* Simplicity of Life
#secular #stoics #philosophy
August 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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
Articles include:
* The Three Basic Parts & Epicurus' Works
* On Living Well & Happily
* Simplicity of Life
#secular #stoics #philosophy
Posted online ~ a free, one-page practice for daily use: Changing the Question
secularchaplain.org/secular-prac...
#secular #interfaith
secularchaplain.org/secular-prac...
#secular #interfaith
August 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Posted online ~ a free, one-page practice for daily use: Changing the Question
secularchaplain.org/secular-prac...
#secular #interfaith
secularchaplain.org/secular-prac...
#secular #interfaith
Looking forward to "The Wisdom of the Odyssey" ~ a free online webinar from Banyen Books in Canada, 26 August.
Cultural historian Phil Cousineau will be discussing Homer’s Odyssey and the relevance for modern life.
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.ca/e/phil-cousi...
#secular
Cultural historian Phil Cousineau will be discussing Homer’s Odyssey and the relevance for modern life.
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.ca/e/phil-cousi...
#secular
Phil Cousineau ~ The Wisdom of the Odyssey
Phil Cousineau, mythologist, storyteller, and bestselling author of The Art of the Pilgrimage, discusses The Wisdom of the Odyssey.
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August 12, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Looking forward to "The Wisdom of the Odyssey" ~ a free online webinar from Banyen Books in Canada, 26 August.
Cultural historian Phil Cousineau will be discussing Homer’s Odyssey and the relevance for modern life.
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.ca/e/phil-cousi...
#secular
Cultural historian Phil Cousineau will be discussing Homer’s Odyssey and the relevance for modern life.
Information and registration ~ www.eventbrite.ca/e/phil-cousi...
#secular
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
Information and free registration ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bur...
#interfaith #secular #deathsky
August 11, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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
Information and free registration ~ www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-bur...
#interfaith #secular #deathsky