The Line
A channel, a conduit, a portal, a pathway, a hollow bone — each carry something, allowing it to pass through. A line, a thread — they pull what is moving through me. Whose line am I holding? I begin with my own. I look just like my father, whose name I carry, and whose legacy I hold. My […]
Making a Wish – Sept. 7, 2022
“All round the world, in all cultures we throw coins into wells to make a wish – this was the first time that I understood so physically that the wish is defensive and propitious. The essence of the wish is that we will be absolved from having to descend into the source ourselves.” –David Whyte, Essentials, […]
The Burning
I’ve come to start a fire… —Luke 12:49-56, The Message In the days when a hearth fire kept the family alive, our ancestors learned to bank the fire before they went to sleep, pushing the logs and coals together to preserve the slow burning. It was important to keep it smoldering through the night, ready to […]
Belonging – July 6, 2022
“Solidarity is a group that stands together, and would do so for its weakest member. It is that community which resists the intoxicating lie of individuality—we live for ourselves and by ourselves. Solidarity dismisses self-preservation in favor of a new way—to sense the injustice, need, or glory of any one part as the unflinching responsibility […]
