Time Passing – Jan. 17, 2023
“[Ritual] gives you a sense of time passing, which is really helpful when you’re struggling, because time can begin to drag, and you can get mired in hopelessness. You get a kind of marker of your progress, so the next time that something comes up in the calendar, you can feel how far away you […]
Rituals Give Hope – Jan. 16, 2023
“What Philip Carr-Gomm [the former Chief Druid of the U.K.] told me was that, in the pagan year, there is a ceremony or a ritual or something being marked every six weeks across the year. That gives hope for anybody who is currently suffering, because you are never far away from the next moment when […]
Joy Unspeakable – Sept. 15, 2022
Joy Unspeakable erupts when you least expect it, when the burden is greatest, when the hope is gone after bullets fly. It rises on the crest of impossibility, it sways to the rhythm of steadfast hearts, and celebrates what we cannot see. -Barbara A. Holmes, Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church, p. 200
Reconnecting with the Earth – June 18, 2020
“But wherever our sacred sites are, we must ensure that the language we use, the rituals we celebrate, and the symbols we employ keep pointing to the great living cathedral of earth, sea, and sky.” –John Philip Newell, The Rebirthing of God
