Spiritual Practice Archives - Ondheim Theodish Fellowship https://ondheim.org/tag/spiritual-practice/ Theodish Fellowship in the Hudson Valley Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:59:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/ondheim.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Ondheim_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Spiritual Practice Archives - Ondheim Theodish Fellowship https://ondheim.org/tag/spiritual-practice/ 32 32 201364353 Building Worth: From Consumption to Stewardship https://ondheim.org/2026/06/21/building-worth-from-consumption-to-stewardship/ https://ondheim.org/2026/06/21/building-worth-from-consumption-to-stewardship/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://ondheim.org/?p=1943 Modern culture has it backwards. It measures importance by volume — who’s loudest, who’s most visible, who got the most attention this week. Recognition first, substance if there’s time. The old way ran the order in reverse. Achievement first. Recognition followed — if it followed at all — through witnessed conduct over time. Worth wasn’t ... Read more

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]]> https://ondheim.org/2026/06/21/building-worth-from-consumption-to-stewardship/feed/ 0 1943 Why We Gather https://ondheim.org/2026/06/07/why-we-gather/ https://ondheim.org/2026/06/07/why-we-gather/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://ondheim.org/?p=1940 Modern people live surrounded by constant communication, yet many have never felt more isolated from the people around them. We move through crowded stores, workplaces, and cities without truly knowing our neighbors. Families often eat separately. Friends speak through screens more often than across tables. Entire communities form and dissolve without leaving lasting obligations behind. ... Read more

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]]> https://ondheim.org/2026/06/07/why-we-gather/feed/ 0 1940 Why the Horn Is Passed https://ondheim.org/2026/05/31/why-the-horn-is-passed/ https://ondheim.org/2026/05/31/why-the-horn-is-passed/#respond Sun, 31 May 2026 05:03:45 +0000 https://ondheim.org/?p=1937 People drink now to relax. To celebrate. To escape. Ritual drinking at modern gatherings is social lubrication — a way to loosen up. The passing of the horn was nothing like that. The horn moving hand to hand around the circle wasn’t about drinking. It was a structured ritual act — and through it, speech ... Read more

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]]> https://ondheim.org/2026/05/31/why-the-horn-is-passed/feed/ 0 1937 Why We Offer https://ondheim.org/2026/05/24/why-we-offer/ https://ondheim.org/2026/05/24/why-we-offer/#respond Sun, 24 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000 https://ondheim.org/?p=1934 Modern religion runs on belief and feeling. People chase emotional resonance, personal experience, subjective meaning. The old way ran on something more concrete: offering. To offer was to give. To give was to affirm relationship. And through repeated giving — generation after generation — the bonds between humans and gods, between the living and the ... Read more

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