The gift of showing up
As I write this, I’m relishing revisiting an article I had clipped, with a photo of the man giving this testimonial: "It made me feel like a human being again."Wow. Is he referring to a church? To a mandatory therapy…
Daily Dose (Aug 6 – 9)
TUESDAY AUGUST 6 -- On one morning walk, I asked my friends the Vashon Island sheep, “You guys have this thing—living the present—down, with no anxiety. What’s up with that?”The answer came in their unruffled demeanor, “It helps to distinguish…
Where we begin to heal
“Oh the land of the cloudless day,” Willie sings. The music is cranked up, of course, to the level that makes your heart swell. And I smile big, thinking how I prefer my life and my stories that way; with…
Daily Dose (July 30 – Aug 2)
TUESDAY JULY 30 -- This week, we embrace the affirmation from Joe (as in, Joe versus the Volcano), “Only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.”However, in our cultural fixation to find…
Fallen in love with living
This week I received a letter that restored my heart. A balm to my soul. Well, truth be told, the letter was written and sent in 1513. Let’s just say it took a while to get to me.You see, recently,…
Daily Dose (July 23 – 26)
TUESDAY JULY 23 -- This week we will be asking; As we walk through our days, how do we carry and honor what really matters?Rabbi Abraham Heschel starts us off with a necessary paradigm shift. “We teach children how to…
Self-compassion grounds us
This weekend, Abbot emeritus Francis Benedict of St. Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo, breathed his last breath here on earth. For my years through seminary and into the early years of my ministry, Francis was my beloved spiritual director and friend.…
Daily Dose (July 16 – 19)
TUESDAY JULY 16 -- This week we will learn from the story of a two-year old helping her mama cook, but breaking too many eggs on the counter, and making a mess. And we’ll be asking: Do I want a…
Together we can do so much
A mother begins her weekend breakfast routine, pulling ingredients from the refrigerator. Omelets on the family menu this morning. Before she knows it, her two-year-old daughter has climbed a chair and is now sitting on the kitchen counter."Momma, can I…
Daily Dose (July 9 – 12)
TUESDAY JULY 9 -- Life happens. And some of the sandcastles we build, dissolve and flatten.This week, let us embrace stories about the gift of connection, and the healing power in rebuilding.Let us not use our energy to worry. Let…