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Preface: The Heavens Of Faith, The Harlem Of Life | |
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Editors' Introduction | |
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Why Do I Serve? | |
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The Drum Major Instinct | |
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Why the Buddha Had Good Digestion, from Avad&abar;naśataka | |
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In Praise of Generosity, from the Rig Veda | |
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Solidarity, Reciprocity, and Sanctity, three selections from Who Is Man? | |
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A Handful of Dates, in The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories | |
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The Subjective Necessity of Social Settlements, in Twenty Years at Hull-House | |
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Action and Non-Action | |
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Isaiah 58:2-12 | |
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Three Poems | |
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Luke 10:25-37 | |
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Miserliness, from Purification of the Heart | |
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The River, in A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories | |
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Compassion, from The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachings | |
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The Joy of Giving Joy, from On the Genealogy of Morality | |
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Selfless Service, from the | |
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Surahs 93 and 107, from the Qur'an | |
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Church, in The Things They Carried | |
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Section 50, from Gitanjali: Song Offerings | |
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Between | |
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The Base of All Metaphysics, in Leaves of Grass | |
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Whom Do I Serve? | |
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A Good Traveler Has No Fixed Plans, in the | |
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The Faces of Poverty, in Loaves and Fishes | |
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The Difference Between | |
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The Man to Send Rain Clouds | |
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If Not Higher | |
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The Same Inside, in Talking to My Body | |
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The Problem of Old Harjo | |
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Meditation on Compassion and Not Two, from Peace Is Every Step | |
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The Legend of the Lowly Devotee, in The Tiruva&ccidle;agam | |
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Ruth 1-4:22 | |
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The Mexican-American and the Church | |
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The Walk, from Leaving Yuba City | |
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The Shopping-Bag Lady, in Alma | |
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The Camel Driver and the Adder | |
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A Rich Young Man on the Road, from Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis | |
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Say Yes Quickly | |
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His Grace | |
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How Do I Serve? | |
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God's Grandeur Gerard | |
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The Secret of Work, in The Complete Works, I:3 | |
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Reb Yozifl and the Contractor, in Inside Kasrilevke | |
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First Days of Spring | |
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Sitting with the Dead, in A Bit on the Side | |
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Mercy: The Stamp of Creation | |
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Yajna, Welfare, and Service, from a letter to Narandas Gandhi, October 28, 1930 | |
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Reflections on Gandhi, from the Partisan Review | |
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Levels of Giving, in Mishneh Torah | |
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The Buddha's Last Instruction, in House of Light | |
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North Light-A Recollection in the Present Tense, in Ellis Island and Other Stories | |
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Come Out and Give Something | |
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The Pure in Heart, in Revelation | |
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The House | |
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Proclamation of a National Fast-Day | |
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The Yogi Dyes His Garments | |
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Why I Make Sam Go to Church, from Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith | |
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Toward Action: The Interfaith Youth Core Model for Interfaith Reflection and Service | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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Guide to Readings by Faith Tradition and Genre | |
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About the Supporting Organizations | |
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Permissions | |