Welcome to the August 3, 2008 edition of engaged spirituality.  Hosting these carnivals is an interesting process.  As the host, you can ask in several different ways  for submissions only directly related to a topic, and there are inevitably some who pay no attention and post everything and anything to the carnival. About ...

Carnival on Engaged Spirituality! Bill Wilson's pilgrimage to India and Nepal When I thought about hosting the first Engaged Spirituality Carnival, the first thing that went through my head was, “Carnival, eh?” I wonder what the root meaning of the word is?” The root is Latin, of course, and the Italian word that the English word flows from is ...

I met Helen in my scouting around for quality blogs for the Engaged Spirituality Carnival.  I found more in Helen than I knew I was searching for...Helen lives in Illinois with her husband and two children. She hosts the blog Conversation at the Edge and is blog manager for Off The Map, an organization promoting’ ...

I got a delightful kick in my pants early this morning from some new spiritual firends! I've been in communication with Helen Mildenhall who hosts a wonderful site dedicated to Christian dialogue called ''Conversation at the Edge''.  This is how the site describes itself : “ 'helping Christians become normal' since 2001. ...