Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to community and creation!
SONGS anout WALKING TOGETHER and EMMAUS: POEMS recited: Servant Girl at Emmaus— Denise Levertov (inspired by the painting above by Diego Valázquez c.1620) She listens, listens, holding her breath.Surely that voiceis his—the onewho had looked at her, once,across the crowd, as no one ever had looked?Had seen her?Had spoken as if to her?Surely those hands […]
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 […]
We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond. — Gwendolyn Brooks The result will be fruit that blesses the world and reveals us as … a community of love. Together, we are so much more powerful than any of us can be on our own. However, this […]
Peace begins inside us, then in our relationships, our communities, and our world. All of it relies on connection to something greater than ourselves: Godself. If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in […]
Come into Animal Presence — Denise Levertov Come into animal presence. No man is so guileless as the serpent. The lonely white rabbit on the roof is a star twitching its ears at the rain. The llama intricately folding its hind legs to be seated not disdains but mildly disregards human approval. What joy when […]
