The Net – Nov. 3, 2022
“Myths grow not in the soil of any particular place but in the humus of humanity itself. We are not strangers to each other. We drink from different wells but from the same aquifer. A Hindu myth about the god Indra offers a beautiful illustration of this unitive principle. Indra once wove a net to encompass the world, […]
Your Humanity – July 15, 2022
“You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.” (Desmond Tutu) –His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, The Book of Joy, p. 115
We Are Connected – Feb. 23, 2022
“Sometimes people talk about how we need to do things to connect. And on one hand that’s right, but on the other hand, it understates what is. We are connected. What we need to do is become aware of it, to live it, to express it.” -John A. Powell quoted in Krista Tippett’s Becoming Wise, p. 117
Landscape as Theophany – Feb. 18, 2022
“To experience the landscape as a theophany is to take seriously the way the divine can be revealed through nature and through created things. It means we can join with all of the elements and creatures in singing God’s praise.” –Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul’s Slow Ripening, p. 134
