Joy! More Joy! This was the blessing for the New Year that arose from the recent winter retreat. I talk about joy a lot, but even I needed the reminder. I’m starting the year off walking closely with loved ones Read more…
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 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. 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 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, 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, 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 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 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 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 Read more…
