Tuesday -- “I am one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;And just because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” Helen KellerThis…
Tuesday -- "Everyone needs a sacred place," Joseph Campbell reminds us.Here’s the deal: This is a non-negotiable.Where is your sacred place?We do not go there merely to fulfill an obligation.We do not go there just to be a good person.We…
Tuesday -- Alive Inside is an epiphanic film.I always wanted to use the word epiphanic.Dan Cohen, a social worker in an East Coast nursing home, plays personally tailored music via iPod headsets for older residents diagnosed with dementia and other…
Tuesday -- This week we remember that the ordinary is the hiding place for the holy. Where we make space for self-care, when life feels unraveled.We start with Rachel Carson’s wisdom (and I might add, a dose of Celtic spirituality), “Those…
Tuesday -- My friend Phil Volker used to say that it takes one kind of hope to show up for life, and another kind to partake. In other words, we’re not wired to be casual observers here, with our precious…
Tuesday -- This week we will embrace the invitation of Easter.The invitation to befriend our brokenness.The invitation to be on the lookout for beauty and wonder; the sacred in the ordinary.The invitation to know... “In the end, everything will be…
Tuesday -- This week, we’re talking about the invitation to dance. To savor this day. To taste the sacrament of the present, even with our uncertainty and the heaviness of our world.We enjoyed the story of a Rabbi's invitation and gentle…
Tuesday -- This I know for certain: We all need stories that fortify us.Stories for self-care, to refuel our better angels.Stories to create sanctuaries of calm.Stories about mercy and freedom from heartlessness.And these must be our stories; stories we must…
Tuesday -- Will you be my friend?There are so many reasons why you never should:Often I'm too serious, seldom predictably the same,Sometimes cold and distant, probably I'll always change.I bluster and brag, seek attention like a child.I brood and pout,…
This week we’re talking about the power of touch. The invitation to be present. We make a difference in our world, not by shaming or tidying up or "converting", but, in the words of the little boy to his momma…