Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to community and creation!
SONG: Come and Go by Juice WRLD & Marshmello (caution: some explicit lyrics): https://youtu.be/Dxm3cHrKcbA POEM: Dana Levin: You Will Never Get Death / Out of your System (excerpt): How old is the earth? I asked my machine, and it said: Five great extinctions, one in process, four and a half billion years. It has always […]
We know what we are, but not what we may be. ― William Shakespeare When I discover who I am, I’ll be free. ― Ralph Ellison The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ― Mahatma Gandhi He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human […]
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. — Buddha … however diabolical the act, it did not turn the perpetrator into a demon. We had to distinguish between the deed […]
In a season of drought, let’s focus on water stewarsdhip and appreciation. Let’s also consider its spiritual resonances, and take time to savor upcoming milestones such as graduations. Songs about water: Something in the Water by Carrie Underwood (country/Christian) Hold Back the River by James Bay (pop ballad) Black Water by the Doobie Brothers (country) […]
Thurs, Dec 3 – DAY 5 Hope fosters comfort with stillness and silence, as aspects of not-knowing. In these times, we’re enduring personal pressures and communal, national and global stresses. Hope supports resilience in a culture that offers round-the-clock data feeds. We give ourselves permission to unplug and turn down the noise. We need this […]
