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: 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: 2:45 min. In stillness I await the rising sun beyond these Oregon Cascade peaks. It’s quiet here along the river channel, so I let my mind drift. And the unexpected question arrives: How much does my nation spend on war? What I really want to know is: How much does my… Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:45 min. I receive emails, have conversations, about one a day, from folks who are distraught with “how things are.” And the words of the Teacher keep coming to mind: DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. These are not the consoling words of a mother to a child. These are… Read more »
Light in Darkness presented at Oregon Interfaith Hub’s Interfaith Winter Service, December 5, 2023 Approx. read time: 1:30 min. Winter comes. Days grow short. Sunlight is precious, and fleeting. The dormancy within mirrors the dormancy of Creation. For Christians, this is the season of Advent, a season of invitation to come close, to approach, to… Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:30 min In the midst of my senior year of college my father dies, a man shriveled from thirteen years of multiple surgeries to relieve the pressure of a slow-growing inoperable brain tumor. Being away at school, separated from family, I don’t really know how to grieve my way beyond his… Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:45 min. The question rises with each new war, each new armoring up, each new political twist of fate: Which side am I on? The question is unhelpful and, frankly, exhausting. Taking sides has never solved anything. It only leads to entrenched warfare—verbal, emotional, ideological, or in devastating displays of power… Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:30 min Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year. I feel exhausted. Exhausted from diminished daylight, sure. But more, I feel exhausted from the endless news of traumas I do not personally endure. I sense our world has been traveling, like those fleeing for their lives, in a… Read more »
Approx. read time: 3:00 min This morning, riding up the McKenzie River corridor, I look out the window at the fast-passing scenery. All I see is a wash of every imaginable shade of green. Lush green, with the river running fast, and pretty high, alongside the two-lane highway. I sense my self beginning to… Read more »
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