William Stafford (1914–1993) The Way It Is There's a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn't change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can't get lost. Tragedies happen; people … Continue reading The Way it is

On this Holy Saturday,  as we sit by the graves that are multiplying faster than we know what to do, there are angels bearing up our loved ones and front line workers in hospital rooms, ER's, by gurneys, in ambulances, on lonely corridors, in hidden suffering places... Caught in that dreaded flight between the the tomb … Continue reading Courage

Mary Oliver for Corona Times (after Wild Geese) Mary Oliver for Corona Times (after Wild Geese) by Adrie Kusserow, Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. Michael's College, Vermont.  You do not have to become totally zen, You do not have to use this isolation to make your marriage better, your body slimmer, your children more … Continue reading On the verge of Holy Week

These days, alongside the cultural twilight zone we are living in,  I am finding "thin places" on my early morning walks in the neighborhood. Surprising spaces where the Divine punches through my reverie and brings me to my knees in gratitude. On this day it was sister coyote. 7:30am. I was deep in my own … Continue reading Coyote Visitation

From one of our true Elders, Wendell Berry. Words I needed to hear today.   It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that … Continue reading Our Real Work