I hope you are feeling renewed from the last few weeks of celebrations and holidays. This week it’s back to school and back to routine – thank heavens! While I’m eager to get back to my normal rhythm, daily life Read more…
We are heading into the feasting time of year. I love the decorations, the music, and the good food. Truthfully, very few holiday gatherings are not also complicated. It’s easy to get tangled in family dynamics, food issues, or just Read more…
If you are living around the Twin Cities you have probably noticed that it has been really, really gray lately. The murky weather feels like a reflection of our collective befuddlement to our changing political climate. I aspire for clarity Read more…
I never thought I’d say that I’m grateful for my cancer experience. My healing adventure was painful but also unexpectedly blessed. I’m happier and more solidly myself than if I hadn’t been forced to transform. It’s the transformation that I’m Read more…
“We are careening towards oneness.†Recently I heard theologian Cynthia Bourgeault use these words to describe the state of our world. I immediately resonated with the sense of careening. Police are attacking peaceful protesters. Routine traffic stops end in fatalities. Read more…
Here is a nasty double bind. So many people I know are just trying to tread water while their lives heave and change. At the same time the suffering in our communities calls for major changes on many levels. We Read more…
Some of the biggest laughs I had this summer were at Donald Giovanni in Cornlandia. This operetta was an election-flavored spin of Mozart’s Don Giovanni created by Mixed Precipitation. My hysterical reaction was in part due to the fact that Read more…
Tomorrow is the Autumn Equinox. I think of it as a threshold bringing us into the more inward, restful, and reflective time of year. While my Minnesota garden still has some oomph left in it, things are most definitely winding Read more…
For the past few weeks my heart has been powerfully stirred by the indigenous-led effort to protect the water, our shared water, from the Dakota Access Pipeline. The people at Standing Rock who are blocking the construction of an oil Read more…
This past weekend I participated in the Minnehaha Creek Water Walk, a prayer walk that traveled the 22 miles from Lake Minnetonka to the Mississippi River. Sharon Day, an Ojibwe elder, led this ceremony. Before you think about being impressed Read more…
