The Sacredness of Matter – Nov. 10, 2021
“We need courage, strength of heart, if we are to be part of the holy work of reawakening to the sacredness of matter. Some of our courageous work may take place on the big stage of helping to move organizations… But all of us are also called to be people of courage in the more […]
The Earth Within – Aug. 17, 2021
Hawvlan lachma d’sunqanan yaomana (KJV: Give us this day our daily bread.) Grant what we need each day in bread and insight: subsistence for the call of growing life. Give us the food we need to growthrough each new day,through each illumination of life’s needs. Let the measure of our need be earthiness:give all […]
Callings – Kayla’s House, Vita Poetica, Bye Kent!, Pay it Forward, Earthen Hands
Callings – Fall 2021 Fall’s issue of Callings starts off with a piece by Bill Mefford about the renaming of Andrew’s House after its beloved longtime resident and CoS administrator Kayla McClurg, and Marjory solicits out-of-print books for the CoS library that will be housed there. Julie Wan describes her Arts and Faith Collective, Vita Poetica, and Dayspring community […]
What Sustains Us – Aug. 9, 2021
“We know that love nourishes us. When it is in our lives, we can bear pain, confusion and even death. This is why I link the food of the spirit, love, with the food of the body, bread. Both are staples. They sustain us.” –Gunilla Norris, Becoming Bread (Hidden Spring, 2003), p. xii
