Musings from the Garden
I hope you that are taking time to nourish and rest, that you are feeling your breath and cultivating kindness for yourself and others. I believe these simple things become very important in times such...
View ArticlePandemic 2020: Reflections on Listening
Change is a major feature of these past few months – in almost every arena. Time has shifted into timelessness – I have to focus to figure out what day it is. The rhythm and pace of my days has moved...
View ArticleNew Year’s Message 2021
Just the other day my husband (a lawyer who had been struggling with a legal problem) turned to me and said, with relief in his voice, “I think I just glimpsed a way to connect the dots to find a...
View ArticleThere is a Crack
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in Leonard Cohen With the verdict which found a police officer...
View ArticleThe gift of unmediated witness
By Courtney E. Martin We sat in a circle of chairs, spaced a few feet apart, as the light faded and the air grew crisp in the backyard. White lights were strewn artfully around the fecund apple tree....
View ArticleWinter Solstice 2021: Being the Light
As we approach the Mid-Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, we invite you to reflect upon the eternal dance between the Light and the Dark. In this liminal space, we have the opportunity to join...
View ArticleIn the Eye of the Storm
I am watching the people in my world emerge from the isolation and trauma of our long dance with COVID. They are eating in our local restaurants and shopping along our sunny streets. They are...
View ArticleShe is Hidden in Plain Sight
Another season is rolling around. The moon grows full and then recedes. The tides rise and fall. New life is born onto this planet as loved ones pass away. And so it has been forever. As this...
View ArticleYes
[Art created by Alison Fast.] by Kathe Schaaf The patriarchs are feeling confident that our spirits must surely be broken, as they have been so many times before when men came for us to burn away our...
View ArticleA Roadmap for Hope
In the past few months, much has happened in the world that is heart-breaking and heavy. We hear from women every day who are struggling to maintain hope, to stay focused on the light, to believe that...
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