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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (CDC Photo/Alissa Eckert, MS, Dan Higgins, MAMS)

Parshat Bo: Self-Centeredness or Compassion?

January 10, 2022 Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC 0

Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, writes about the plague of darkness. [Read more…]

Sara Schneider discusses “The Human Journey” interactive program for deep listening about life stages

November 6, 2020 Webmaster 0

Sara Schneider, founder & CEO of The Human Journey, discussses how the program’s two-hour guided experience takes families of birth, families of choice, and support groups from suffering, isolation, and fragmentation to togetherness, meaning, and deep listening. [Read more…]

How Do We Care For The Nation?

July 19, 2020 Reverend Eric Hall 1

This guest blog post originally appeared on the Spiritual Care Association website and is republished here with the kind permission of Reverend Hall. [Read more…]

Plague: Guest Post from Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl

March 26, 2020 Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl 0

A new guest contributor, Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl, discusses Jewish thinking about coping with disasters and catastrophes. [Read more…]

S-U-I-C-I-D-E … Why?

June 18, 2018 Sandra Taradash 0

In this month’s commentary, Sandy Taradash scrutinizes suicide, in the wake of two high-profile celebrity deaths. [Read more…]