Exploring the Dark to Become Light
It takes discipline for me to be visible in community. Valuing privacy, I’ve always liked to hang out in the back — in the shadows, perhaps — observing, taking it all in, revealing little of my interior self. A few years ago, I began a meditation practice where I learn to be present to myself, as […]
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Dec. 27, 2022
O little town of Bethlehem,How still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleep,The silent stars go by;Yet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting Light;The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee tonight. -Hymn lyrics by Phillips Brooks
Reconnecting with Light – June 16, 2020
“When we truly shine, and when we work for the true shining of every child, woman, man, and creature, we find that sometimes we create discomfort in the people around us and in the holders of power in our communities and our world.” –John Philip Newell, The Rebirthing of God
Stay Awhile – Feb. 24, 2020
Around me the trees stir in their leavesand call out, “Stay awhile.”The light flows from their branches. And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,“and you, too, have comeinto the world to do this, to go easy, to be filledwith light, and to shine.” –Mary Oliver, excerpt from “When I Am Among the Trees” Quotations […]
