Approx. read time: 2:40 min. The temperature climbs as I approach the side entrance to the downtown Catholic church. It’s noon. It’s summer. It’s hot. Monthly, now, I attend the Sunday Spanish Mass. I don’t speak Spanish, but at least I can show up to express solidarity with this targeted community. The street-facing front… Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:20 min. If you’ve ever pressed the palm of your hand, a good long minute, against the deep-wrinkled mossy bark of an ancient Doug fir, and paid attention to the sacred encounter, you’ve likely noticed something: the deep, slow, resonant beat of an Elder’s heart. I have. The deep, slow beat,… Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:30 min. I’m thinking of a quote of 20th century writer, paleontologist, mystic, and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: “Christ, his heart a fire: capable of penetrating everywhere and, gradually, spreading everywhere.” With Pentecost, the Christian community celebrates, once again, the great coming of the Holy Spirit, as Jesus promised…. Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:45 min. It’s Easter week! So I’m thinking about … liminal spaces. You know, those spaces between here and there, consequential thresholds, invitations into the unknown, where attitudes, discernments, and choices matter greatly. “Tell the brothers to come out of hiding and meet me in Galilee,” the risen Christ says to the women who find the… Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:45 min. I encounter a lot of people trying to be hopeful. Mostly, I discover, they’re dealing with exhaustion. And mostly, I think, they’re exhausted from trying to be hopeful. “I hope for peace,” one says. “I hope that my job, my healthcare, my Social Security won’t go away,” says another…. Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:40 min. In this Christian season of Lent I pray, daily, for particular world-stage leaders who engage in endless wars. It’s not easy prayer, expressed sometimes in tears and heavy wordless sighs. Grief, with her heart-wrenching lessons, comes to teach me a thing or two. Grief teaches me that … injustice,… Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:45 min. Today a friend looks into my eyes. “Even with daily self care,” she laments, “I feel exhausted.” I feel her exhaustion. I hear her cry. “I race from one rally to the next,” she continues. “I attend Zoom conferences, make calls, send emails, write to my state and federal… Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:15 min. I’ve never started a social movement, but I do belong to one. It’s the movement for creative, Love-centered nonviolent engagement in a complex and violent world. This movement traces back to ancient prophets, wisdom carriers, movement builders, those who insist that systemic cruelty and engineered injustice have no place… Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:10 min. Like many people, here and abroad, I viewed the February 28th encounter between U.S. President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Secretary of State Rubio, with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. What I heard was a hard push toward a brokered deal to end a brutal and exhausted war between Russia and… Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:00 min. For decades, now, I’ve worked mightily to buck the consumer identity, to live simply, to keep my dollars local, and to not shop the ubiquitous too-big-to-fail national brands. I’ve written a volume of stories of all that has changed—for the better—over eleven years of life without a car. Since… Read more »
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