(RNS) — Whether it’s knitting, dancing or chopping onions, any activity is a spiritual one, as long as it’s done with the divine in mind. Over their 30-year careers as co-editors of their internet magazine, “Spirituality & Practice,” Mary Ann and Frederic Brussat, 78 and 82 respectively, have taken this as a guiding principle.
“It’s important for people to recognize that pretty much anything they do can be spiritual with the right intention,” said Mary Ann Brussat. “People are a lot more spiritual than they think they are.”
But people don’t always know how to connect with their spiritual selves, Mary Ann Brussat explained. In 1996, the couple founded “Spiritual Literacy Month” to encourage people to interpret the spiritual signs life throws at them.
The Brussats’ definition of spirituality is broad, transcending religious divides to appeal to people from different faiths, as well as people who identify as “spiritual but not religious,” which Mary Ann calls “freelance spirituality.”
“It’s like a bridge between all religions, spiritual movements and even a lot of psychological movements,” Brussat said. “It’s pretty universal, and we found that it’s a bridge between religions.”
The couple initially registered Spiritual Literacy Month with Chase’s Calendar of Events, a printed compendium of happenings, in December, but four years ago, the couple switched it to May. On the Spirituality & P …