Witness for Peace
Suddenly he is among them. All that he represented to them had come to a violent end–and now he has returned. All they treasured had been ripped away, and now is with them again, beyond their understanding. “Peace to you,” he says, almost casually. “Why are you troubled?”* As though he does not know. As […]
Hear My Sorrow – Oct. 1, 2020
O God, while above this day, the heavens in your majesty chant of glory and splendor… I fashion the hand-jerk gesture, lurid epithet, and horn-blast salute on my commute.I loose the maddening shriek over unrinsed toothpaste in the sink.I mutter the predictable whine about emptying the trash.I stew in the sullen silence of a seasoned […]
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 Power of our Sorrow – June 26, 2019
May we discover the gift of the fire burning in the inner chamber of our being–- burning great and bright enough to transform any poison. May we offer the power of our sorrow to the service of something greater than ourselves. May the suffering purify and not paralyze us. May we endure; may sorrow bond […]
