“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

“How Did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its Beauty? It felt the encouragement of light Against its Being. Otherwise, We all remain Too Frightened” ― Hafez (14th century Persian poet from Shiraz, present day Iran)      

Chalice Lighting in the Time of Corona By Sheri Prud’homme There comes a time when suffering weighs too heavy on the heart, when powerlessness passes through rage into shimmering acceptance of brutal truth, when the terrible uncertainty of what’s to come eclipses any beauty the present moment has to offer. Then, there is nothing left … Continue reading We are not alone