Union Compass
What would you ask
twelve traditions?
Twelve questions humanity keeps asking. Twelve traditions offering their wisdom. Where they converge, stand on it. Where they diverge, hold the tension.
How should I handle anger?
When fury rises, what do twelve traditions counsel?
12 traditions respondHow should I treat the stranger?
The outsider arrives. What do ancient wisdoms demand?
12 traditions respondWhen is it right to tell hard truths?
Truth can heal or wound. When should it be spoken?
12 traditions respondHow do I resist greed?
Desire whispers "more." What do the traditions answer?
12 traditions respondHow should I handle deep disagreement?
When worldviews clash, what does wisdom counsel?
12 traditions respondWhen should I forgive?
You have been wronged. What now?
12 traditions respondHow do I carry grief?
Loss has come. How do the traditions walk with you?
12 traditions respondHow should I think about death?
The certainty we avoid. What do the traditions face?
12 traditions respondWhat does hospitality require?
A guest arrives. What does ancient wisdom demand?
12 traditions respondHow do I live with uncertainty?
The future is unknown. How do the traditions hold not-knowing?
12 traditions respondWhat makes a good death?
When death comes, what does "dying well" mean?
12 traditions respondWhat does justice demand?
Scales out of balance. What do the traditions require?
12 traditions respondHow to read this Our standpoint
Each question gathers responses from twelve religious and wisdom traditions. This is a union compass — it preserves each tradition's distinctive voice rather than flattening them into a lowest common denominator.
Where traditions converge, we name the shared ground. Where they diverge irreconcilably, we hold the tension — we don't pretend the disagreement away.
This compass does not tell you which tradition is correct. It shows you where humanity's wisdom converges — and just as importantly, where it does not.