--- title: The Canvas | spiritual practice description: spiritual practice | --- [![The Canvas Logo_Final1.png](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Canvas%20Logo_Final1.png?width=1779&name=The%20Canvas%20Logo_Final1.png "The Canvas Logo_Final1.png")](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas) - [Theology](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/theology) - [Activism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/activism) - [Arts](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/arts) - [Formation](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/formation) - [Voice](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/voice) - [Theology of Prince](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/tag/theology-of-prince) ![original-5](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/hubfs/Images/social-suggested-images/original-5.jpg "original-5") ### Subscribe to The Canvas ### Subscribe to The Canvas # spiritual practice ## Featured Post   [Rev. 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Dr. Carolyn Pressler Reflects on Women’s History Month](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/statement-by-rev.-dr.-carolyn-pressler-on-womens-history-month) Dear Friends of United, [immigration](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/immigration) [Feminism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/feminism) [Activism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/activism) [ICE in Twin Cities](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/ice-in-twin-cities) [Read More](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/statement-by-rev.-dr.-carolyn-pressler-on-womens-history-month) ## Recent Posts [Read More](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/teaching-the-flag-a-judeo-pagan-radical-faerie-prayer-for-pride) OR SHARE THIS ARTICLE: ## [Teaching the Flag: A Judeo-Pagan, Radical Faerie Prayer for Pride.](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/teaching-the-flag-a-judeo-pagan-radical-faerie-prayer-for-pride) By [Max Yeshaye Brumberg-Kraus](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/author/max-yeshaye-brumberg-kraus) | on 03, Jun 2021 |   [Theology](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/theology) [spiritual practice](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/spiritual-practice) [Alums](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/alums) [Activism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/activism) [Judaism](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/judaism) [Voice](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/voice) [lgbtq](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/lgbtq) [Liturgy](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/liturgy) [Queer](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/queer) [Pride](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/pride) [Pagan](https://blog.unitedseminary.edu/the-canvas/topic/pagan) The following prayer/liturgical reading is by local artist, educator, former United staff member, and 2020 alum Max Yeshaye Brumberg-Kraus. 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She lifts her head and dampens the edges of the coach with her nose. She hesitates. There are so many hands at her eye level! 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