Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
As for the body, it is solid and strong and curious and full of detail; it wants to polish itself; it wants to love another body; it is the only vessel in the world that can hold, in a mix of power and sweetness: words, song, gesture, passion, ideas, ingenuity, devotion, merriment, vanity, and virtue.[…]
Allegories of slavery & freedom in sacred texts: liberating or problematic? At the end of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. alludes to the apostle Paul’s words in Galatians 3:28: “There is no longer Jew or[…]
Here are the two best prayers I know: ‘Help me, help me, help me’ and ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.’ — Anne Lamott Blessing of your work — John O’Donohue May the light of your soul guide you.May the light of your soul bless the workYou do with the secret love and warmth of your heart.May you[…]
White Buffalo Teachings (excerpt)— Chief Arvol Looking Horse We need a great healing,and we need a Great Forgiving.But healing cannot begin without forgiveness.We must forgive each other,Forgive our loved ones,Forgive our friends,Forgive our enemies,Forgive ourselves.We need to pray even for a person who has done wrong!In our Tiyospaye – our family — when two people fight they are[…]
Then love knew it was called love.And when I lifted my eyes to your name,suddenly your heart showed me my way.― Pablo Neruda May I live this dayCompassionate of heart,Clear of mind,Gracious in awarenessCourageous in thought,Generous in love.— John O’Donohue Questions to consider: In what ways do you know you own heart? How have you[…]
