Collage Image by Susan Greenler On the brink, earth holds its breath for The unveiling. First the inhale, remembering All that has passed, then the exhale, slowly releases So there is room for something new. Awaiting an inoculation of hope, A promise of something different. What it takes to envision change is no more and Continue reading “Holding Breath”
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Seeing our Way in the Dark
Artwork by Cassandra Monson We begin lighting Advent candles this week, and the first candle represents hope. Not sure about you, but I have been borrowing hope from people from the past – ancestors, prophets, and rebels. And borrowing and lending hope back and forth with my faithful coworkers at the hospital where I workContinue reading “Seeing our Way in the Dark”
The Practice of Having Enough
Photo Credit: Courtney Ball The Dayenu is a Jewish liturgy with a powerful refrain: “It would have been enough…” Imagine the Dayenu seeping into our lives. Enough time, enough love, enough resources. Enough for all of us, enough to share. Throughout my life in work in impoverished communities, I have witnessed bold people practicing thisContinue reading “The Practice of Having Enough”
Looking Fear in the Eye
Print Original by Natalie Parsons I have the unique ability to grasp a Daddy long legs by its spindly legs and gracefully move it from a sleeping bag in the tent to the great outdoors. In my family there is a general fear of spiders, and I am chief spider remover in the household. IContinue reading “Looking Fear in the Eye”
Working on Wellness: Entry Two
Photo Credit: Maia Twedt, Night Sky in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala So much pressure to accelerate, as if speed were the archangel of our human experience. Taking a sloth day implies great waste. Priority is placed on expedience, productivity, output. Measuring our lives in accomplishments becomes the yardstick by which we make choices, and by whichContinue reading “Working on Wellness: Entry Two”
Working on Wellness: Entry One
Photo Credit: Dan Leisen We are all yearning for wellness in these unparalleled times. Some people are eating raw fermented vegetables. Others are exercising regularly, or working on relationships more intently. What we cannot ignore is that spiritual wellness is also a significant driver toward living well and fully. Being spiritually well asks us toContinue reading “Working on Wellness: Entry One”
Coming Through Trauma
During the intense season of the murder of George Floyd, the ensuing protests and necessary uprisings, all in the midst of Pandemic, there was a tension between two energies. One was the sense of being helpless in the face of such a force as systemic racism. The other was a compelling agency bidding response andContinue reading “Coming Through Trauma”
Look for the beauty
In a time like now it is all the more critical that we be on the lookout for beauty around us. Just as Mr. Rogers shared that we should look for the helpers, which is so true- In the year of 2020 we would do well to look for the beauty. I have near meContinue reading “Look for the beauty”
What is the gift that you will experience today?
J.R.R. Tolkien’s lines from the Fellowship of the Rings– “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the timeContinue reading “What is the gift that you will experience today?”
