Oh, the allure of checking Facebook (or email or your phone)! I catch myself hoping I’ll discover something really wonderful. Something that will make me laugh or sigh with beauty. Maybe some photos of my far-flung friends and family. I log in, expectant, ready for Facebook to make things right. Read more…
Hello dear compassionate hearts, How is your beautiful, creative spirit bearing the news these days? Many of my big hearted friends seem to be having an especially hard time with the violence happening in our city and around the world. Having an open heart means we also see a lot Read more…
Here comes the holiday season! With all the extra cooking, shopping, parties, and darkness I often find myself worn thin. The time around Winter Solstice is in fact a “thin time†in that the material and spiritual worlds are very close. It is a time to prepare ourselves for new Read more…
Some days just throw you around, as if they were somehow set on “agitate.†I don’t live inside a washing machine, but it can feel that way. Life is complicated and then the unexpected throws us for a loop: illnesses, computer crashes, theft, car accidents, injustice or simply the burnt Read more…
When Ed mentioned the recycling effort he is leading at church he sounded so heavy, he had the voice of Sisyphus, the Greek hero condemned to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, repeating this action for eternity. I could easily picture the Read more…
This month I’ve had the tremendous privilege to walk closely with my friend as he learned he has brain cancer, underwent a miraculously successful surgery, and prepares for more treatments. He is leaning into a shower of community love and support that I remember feeling as I was wheeled towards Read more…
You have the capacity for a creative, vital life because you are part of one beautiful, loving interconnected universe. This is how I see it (thanks to insight from many wisdom traditions): We are all part of one interconnected flow that is in constant creative evolution. We suffer, life suffers, Read more…
I just spent a wonderful week visiting my brother and his new twin babies. I’m thrilled to see him glowing as a new parent. The babies are of course cute and perfect in every way. What really blew me away about the visit is that his house is still incredibly Read more…
Do you know what you want? Kinda? I want to sing the praises of following the “sort of.†Sort of is such a great place to start. I began with that “sort of†clarity nearly three years ago when I knew I wanted to share the vitality I find in Read more…
Summer: running out the back door in bare feet, sleeping with the windows open, eating outside and feeling free. My daughter is pure summer radiance, a halo of curls around her sweaty, smiling face. Freedom and radiance surrounds me and I want it on the inside, too. I want that Read more…