Nina Amir's Articles in Religion & Spirituality

  • If God Joined You at Work, Would You Notice?
    This article provides information on how to bring God into the work environment. Readers will discover three easy ways to make their office into a sacred space and to keep God in their thoughts throughout their work day. With a simple change in consciousness, anyone can begin to "see" God in the office as well as in church or synagogue or during personal prayer and meditation.
  • The Art and Practice of Creating Sacred Space
    This article encourages readers to create sacred space in their homes and offers some helpful advice on how to do so.
  • Move Through the Fear of Having a Spiritual Experience
    Despite the fact that we might want to have a spiritual experience, fear stops us from having waht we desire. THis essay poses some strong arguments for moving through fear and realizing that we are all connected to God, therefore, having a spiritual experience, every moment.
  • Three Ways for Jewish Women to Find Liberation from the Slavery of Passover Preparations
    This essay offers Jewish women a new way to look at their Pre-Passover cooking, cleaning and preparing. By seeing themselves as priestesses creating sacred space and presiding over the Passover rituals, they can approach their "chores" as a spiritual practice.
  • Three Things Passover and Easter have in Common
    THis essay details three common themes running through both Pasover and Easter. It provides insight into both the origins of Christianity and Judaism and the reasons behind the observance of these spring holidays.
  • How to Transform Easter from a Commercial Holiday to a Spiritual and Meaningful One
    Tips on how to stop approaching Easter as a commercial holiday and make into a spiritual and meaningful one.
  • Why Do We Have to Practice Being Spiritual?
    Much like athletic practice, spiritual practice allows your to strengthen the muscles necessary for feeling unity with a Higher Power. Learn how to incorporate small and short spiritual practices -- or larger and longer ones -- into your life, so your day becomes a constant spiritual practice and your life a continuous spiritual experience.
  • The High Holy Days: A Time of Personal Change and Spiritual Return
    This article offers a look at the process of inner reflection and change that takes place during the observance of the Jewish High Holy Days. Focusing on the beginning of the "Days of Awe," the holiday of Selichot, the author discusses the opportunity Jews have at this time of year to activily change themselves and their lives for the better.
  • Seal Yourself in the Book of Life this Yom Kippur
    This article tells you how to see the Jewish High Holiday process of introspection and repentance to "write" your own pages in the Book of Life for the New Year. It also looks at how we cocreate our life with God and how God has a hand in our destiny.
  • What's Archery Got to Do With the Jewish High Holy Days?
    A discussion of the terminology used on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur concerning sin. The author explains that the Hebrew word for sin comes from an archery term that means to miss the mark and that sacred Jewish text, the Torah, teaches Jews how to aim.
  • Write Your Own Fate into the Book of Life During the Days of Awe -- and Every Day
    On the High Holy Days, the fate of Jews all over the world is supposedly written and then sealed in the proverbial Book of Life. Yet, the decree can be changed, leaving one wondering if we cocreate our destiny with God or not. And if we do, can we write the pages in our own Book of LIfe?
  • Four Steps to a Large Serving of Gratitude This Thanksgiving
    An article offering helpful tips on how to transform Thansksgiving from simply a fabulous meal into the meaningful and spiritual holiday it was meant to be. Instead of just eating lots of food, the author recommends enjoying heaping helpings of gratitude and thankfulness.
  • Six Ways to Invite God to Thanksgiving Dinner
    This article offers sound advice for making Thanksgiving the spiritual holiday it was meant to be. The author's six steps easily make those sitting at your holiday table feel the presence of God dining with them.
  • Sometimes Lighting Chanukah Candles Leaves Us in the Dark
    Much like the other winter holidays, Chanukah is a festival of lights. When this holiday becomes one more about commercialism and less about spirituality, however, even the lighting of candles for 8 nights can leave people in the dark spiritually. Learn how to transform the celebration of this holiday from an empty observance into a meaning-full and spirit-full one.
  • 4 Steps for Giving the Gift of Meaningful and Spiritual Chanukah and Christmas Celebrations
    This article offers some easy-to use tips and tools for transforming your holiday celebrations from empty observances into meanign-full and spirit-full rituals. No more focus only on gift buying and giving, this year have Chanukah and Christmas focus on God and the deeper meaning of the holidays.

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