Recently, a friend of mine wrote some wise words. Reminding us that we are not the first, nor shall we be the last to experience pandemic disease, social unrest, violence, wars, calamities in our lifetimes. Sometimes it helps to put things in perspective. We have such a limited notion of time. We are quick … Continue reading Perspective

  A beautiful poem by Dzung Vo about suffering and places of refuge: i can’t breathe said George Floyd the knee of four hundred years of racism on his necki can’t breathe said the woman with fear in her eyes her lungs attacked by coronavirus as she was put onto the ventilator i can’t breathe … Continue reading Breathing together

“I Happened To Be Standing” by Mary Oliver I don’t know where prayers go, or what they do. Do cats pray, while they sleep half-asleep in the sun? Does the opossum pray as it crosses the street? The sunflowers? The old black oak growing older every year? I know I can walk through the world, … Continue reading On Praying

― Unknown (written in 1944, WW2, on the wall of a cellar, by a Jewish prisoner in the Cologne concentration camp. Found by Polish construction workers) “I believe in the sun even when it is not shining And I believe in love, even when there’s no one there. And I believe in God, even when … Continue reading I Believe

In 2008, I set out to take a sabbatical granted by my work. I had hit the wall of burnout and slid down numerous times. Who knew that it was possible to knock and have the door opened for a long rest? These 3 months became a time of reflection, a moratorium on my life … Continue reading God’s Sabbath Economy