Thich Nhat Hanh

Food, Eating & Ethics

Being mindful about what we eat, about our food choices, contributes to the wellbeing of ourselves, our relationships, and this whole world. Let breakfast be a place to pause and give thanks. And pay attention. — Rev Gail *** “When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last,“What’s the first thing you say […]

Meditation on circle of life, death & rebirth: themes from Holy Week

HOLY WEEK: Risk, brokenness, resistance, and death balanced by love, justice, healing, hope and renewal. — Rev Gail I am a broken person and a resurrection person — Anne Lamott We Pray This Day— Ann Weems O God, we pray this day: for all who have a song they cannot sing, for all who have […]

Love on the move. Themes from Gospel of John

Bending down to wash and anoint someone’s feet. What story do our feet tell about us? How we live? How do we love? How do we touch the earth? Indeed, what amazing gifts might must be ours if we could kneel and honor the humanity in another? I imagine we might just start to see […]

Reflections on prodigal love: themes from parable in Luke 15

When is love prodigal? When is it wasteful and exuberant to offer compassion and welcome though it may not be merited or appreciated? Some early theologians so feared this parable of prodigal love, that they decided it shouldn’t be told or taught … it offered a model that overturned good sense and economical, societal order. […]

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