Time to Thrive – Mar. 15, 2023
“We shall be known by the company we keepby the ones who circle round to tend these fires We shall be known by the ones who sow and reapthe seeds of change alive from deep within the earth It is time now.It is time now that we thrive.It is time we lead ourselves into the […]
Don’t Carry a Thing – Aug. 11, 2022
“After this, Jesus appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on ahead in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is rich, but the workers are few; therefore, ask the overseer to send workers into the harvest. Be on your way, and remember: I am sending you […]
To Be of Use – Aug. 2, 2022
The people I love the bestjump into work head firstwithout dallying in the shallowsand swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.They seem to become natives of that element,the black sleek heads of sealsbouncing like half-submerged balls. I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,who pull like water buffalo, with […]
A Soul’s Worth
The direction she gave was exactly as my mother taught, so I knew it to be a perennial truth, even though I was five years old. Our kindergarten teacher, Ms. Olive Garrett, took Richard by the hand, whispering in his ear, showing him how to share the wooden blocks he was hoarding. I was the student […]
