Courage Unparalleled – Dec. 24, 2021
She did not cry, ‘I cannot. I am not worthy,’Nor, ‘I have not the strength.’She did not submit with gritted teeth, raging, coerced.Bravest of all humans, consent illumined her.The room filled with its light,the lily glowed in it, and the iridescent wings.Consent, courage unparalleled,opened her utterly. –Denise Levertov, from her poem Annunciation
The Sacredness of Matter – Nov. 10, 2021
“We need courage, strength of heart, if we are to be part of the holy work of reawakening to the sacredness of matter. Some of our courageous work may take place on the big stage of helping to move organizations… But all of us are also called to be people of courage in the more […]
Communion of Saints – Aug. 2, 2021
“The pilgrim self also needs the fearful ones to remind it that it cannot survive in its own strength alone, that it needs the company of those who have been in touch with what is highest in themselves. This self does not find archaic the ancient concept of communion with the saints. In that communion […]
The Healing Power of Nature – July 20, 2021
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,places to play in and pray in,where nature may heal and give strengthto body and soul alike. -John Muir, The Yosemite
