July 11, 2022 Apologies to those who follow this blog for my rather lengthy hiatus these past few months. I took some time away to discern whether and how to continue publishing a blog. During that time, so much changed here in the States that, at first, I couldn’t summon the energy to write. AllContinueContinue reading “Foreign Land”
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In Between ~ Welcome 4
April 16, 2022 Thank you to those of you who have followed my prayer and spiritual reflections this Lenten Season. I have tried—and continue to try—the three basic tenets of Zen Peacemaking: the not knowing what will happen at any point in time; the bearing witness to all the different feelings (“parts”) of us withoutContinueContinue reading “In Between ~ Welcome 4”
Welcome, Welcome ~2
April 2, 2022 Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. This poem, The Second Coming, wasContinueContinue reading “Welcome, Welcome ~2”
Welcome, Welcome
March 28, 2022 If you have never wanted to control a person or fix a situation, if you have never wanted to step in and take over because you knew your way was best, if you have never tossed and turned in the night because of worry, then raise your hand. That’s what I thought. ContinueContinue reading “Welcome, Welcome”
A Way to Be: Taking Action
March 18, 2022 “Fate of Hundreds Unknown: Missiles Hit City in Ukraine’s West” “13 Year Old Boy Drives Truck into Van, Killing Nine People in Texas” “Powerful Storms Could Bring Tornadoes To the Southeast (USA)” “An International Agency Warns About a Global Energy Crisis” “If you know how to make good use of the mud,ContinueContinue reading “A Way to Be: Taking Action”
A Way to Be
March 2, 2022 In the Christian tradition, today, Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the six-week period called Lent and is a day to ponder our own mortality. Considering the last two years of perpetual Lent co-existing with the pandemic, it seems sometimes that pondering our own mortality is all we have been doing. AndContinueContinue reading “A Way to Be”
When You Choose War
. . . you cannot stopthe Lenten rose’s pale white blossomsfrom unfurlingnor can you commandthe pink-tinged buds of tulip treesto fold inward.When you choose war, know thatthe grass still greens in spring,the titmouse seeks its “peter-peter,”the black and white cat curls herselfin the dust-moted spill of sun.When war is your choice, prepare yourselffor deep-souled wordsContinueContinue reading “When You Choose War”
The Return Trip
February 2, 2022 Counting Coats “If you have two coats, give one to someone who doesn’t have any.”” Luke 3:11 I consider the number of coatsI own. More than two.Seven? Eight? Ten?Not all coats, of course.Some are jacketsa pink fleecea purple raincoat.In the checkout lanethe woman in a wind-thinblue sweaterfumbles with food stampsto pay forContinueContinue reading “The Return Trip”
Don’t Let the Light Go Out
January 6, 2022 “Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.” Walt Whitman In the Christian tradition, January 6 marks the Feast of the Epiphany, the moment that the Christ-Child was recognized by those beyond his small world and so made universal. Astrologers, weContinueContinue reading “Don’t Let the Light Go Out”
2022: Yes!
January 1, 2022 “For all that has been, thank you. For all that is to come, yes!” ~ Dag Hammarskjöld This morning, on the dawn of another new year, it is challenging to say “thank you” for all that has been, especially over these last two years. How do we say “thank you” for anContinueContinue reading “2022: Yes!”
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