Over on a somewhat isolated shelf in my family’s kitchen, you’ll find the cookbooks. They don’t get much attention, except...
I believe that every person has their own secret to staying young; it’s their secret pact with life. We let...
During a workshop on life’s big questions, we were invited to write down on a slip of paper what superpower we would like to have. The slips were put in a jar and passed around. Each person drew one out and then attempted to guess the author. Strangers tried to...
Go outdoors with a friend. Find a tree. Stand for a moment and gaze at it. Take a deep breath....
Considering how politely some chat apps answer us, the question came up in one of our editors’ meetings: should we...
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. But the earth was chaos and confusion. Darkness was upon the face of the primordial depths. The spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.” The Bible translation by Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig begins with how we...
“Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart,” writes Michael Ende in the story of Momo. A...
One of the most effective techniques in mindfulness and trauma therapy—suitable for restlessness, repetitive thoughts, or anxiety—is the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise....
It is a summer Sunday in northern Germany. For decades, people have been practicing and transcending resistance through the Gorleben Gebet [Gorleben prayer.] Gorleben is a small village in the forest near the Elbe River, and since the mid-1970s, it has been the embodiment of resistance against the nuclear industry...
At a wedding reception, guests were invited to make a wish for the couple. One of the wedding guests surprised...
In the silence during a taxi ride from Herdecke Community Hospital, the taxi driver softly says, “If I were sick,...
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