These are disastrous times for millions of people, and our zero-sum money system can only enrich the few by bringing pain to the many. Can we build an economic policy out of our shared crisis and find a common purpose in its solution? Read more: Jared Bernstein, Kanye West, Chuck D, Representative Currency, History of Money, Otis Redding, John Lennon, Rob Johnson, William ...

An art exhibit at Pastor Rob Bell's church explored aspects of peacemaking, that vocation that was blessed so memorably by Jesus. One woman wove into her piece a quote from Gandhi, the peacemaker whose thinking and actions were so influenced by Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. Bell noticed a piece of paper that a church member had attached to the work: "Reality check: Gand...

"I'd like you to join me in singing a Sanskrit ah," said Jack Kornfield, an olive-skinned man with bony cheeks and a salt-and-pepper mustache. And so, following his lead, 500 voices filled the Sheraton Hotel's Metropolitan Ballroom in a single, resonant tone: aaah ... "Now let's try harmony," he cooed into his microphone, quickly demonstrating a major third and perfect fifth before return...

"I'd like you to join me in singing a Sanskrit ah," said Jack Kornfield, an olive-skinned man with bony cheeks and a salt-and-pepper mustache. And so, following his lead, 500 voices filled the Sheraton Hotel's Metropolitan Ballroom in a single, resonant tone: aaah ... "Now let's try harmony," he cooed into his microphone, quickly demonstrating a major third and perfect fifth before return...

"I'd like you to join me in singing a Sanskrit ah," said Jack Kornfield, an olive-skinned man with bony cheeks and a salt-and-pepper mustache. And so, following his lead, 500 voices filled the Sheraton Hotel's Metropolitan Ballroom in a single, resonant tone: aaah ... "Now let's try harmony," he cooed into his microphone, quickly demonstrating a major third and perfect fifth before return...