A Fresh Start?
Is it possible to have a fresh start? Not to drag old hurts and fears into the new year? The red-wigged clown, Frieda, seemed to be saying that as she sprinkled confetti from a “FRESH START” bottle on the surprised crowd gathered around carolers on a cold winter night. Some people backed away, brushing the […]
Grounded in Action – Nov. 11, 2021
“Our vision of reawakening to sacredness needs to be grounded in action. It is not enough only to see compassionately. Nor is it enough even just to feel compassionately, as essential as this is. Compassion needs also to be embodied, both in the relationships of our lives and communities and in the structures of our societies and […]
Healing Inward and Outward
Sometimes life presses in on me. With a body tired, a mind swirling with a multitude of thoughts, a heart aching, what desires to be open, present, and engaged is lost to me. The pressing has me feeling separate from the Source of animating vitality. The creativity and compassion cannot flow. I need to rest […]
Reconnecting with Compassion – June 15, 2020
“Part of what can prevent us from carrying out compassionate action is not only the complexity of what needs to be done in our lives and our world, but the sheer amount of mess and even chaos within us and between us.” –John Philip Newell, The Rebirthing of God (SkyLight Paths, 2015)
