Rebecca Solnit – Jackson Community Church

Lenten meditation on “I Am” as Way, Journey, Life: themes for PALM SUNDAY including pilgrimage, arrival/departure, companionship, and joy in the shadow of death.

Texts for this week include Psalm 118 and Matthew 21, as well as “I am the way, the truth and the life” from Gospel of John. Questions to Consider: Questions raised up in commentary on Palm Sunday from Jan Richardson: Are we allowing ourselves to be swept along by circumstances, traveling our road by default? […]

Reflections on mindfulness, walking on water, rescuing others or being rescued —themes from Matthew 14

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. ― Desmond Tutu Alone — Maya Angelou Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is […]

Reflections on taking action, many members of one body at work in the world

Action and Non-Action — Chuang Tzu, translated by Thomas James Merton The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he is not moved, Not because he wills to be quiet. Still water is like glass. You can look in […]