Earth is Mother of All – Aug. 20, 2019
The earth is at the same time mother, she is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is the mother of all for contained in her are the seeds of all. The earth of humankindcontains all moistness, all verdancy, all germinating power. –Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Becoming Clear – Aug. 7, 2019
“Take time to gaze in wonder at Nature, the flight of a bird, a flower in bloom, the dry leaf crumbling to dust, the flow of a river, the rising of the moon, a silhouette of a mountain against the sky. And as you do this the hard, protective shell around your heart will soften […]
Down by the End of Deep Forest Road
On the steeps where greed and ignorance cut down an old forest, an old forest will stand. –Wendell Berry, “Work Song – 2.Vision” Storyteller and mythologist Michael Meade reminds us of an old proverb that says: adversity reveals genius; prosperity conceals it. Something deep in the soul responds to dark times. But what a challenge it […]
The Mystery of Mentoring
In the human imagination, and as they have been throughout the ancient world, the cedars of Lebanon are sacred trees, planted by God. They are long-growing, strong, the material of temples and voyages in sea-roaming ships. Recently I read a piece in The New York Times by Beirut bureau chief Anne Barnard describing how the cedars of […]
