Praying Rain There are many forms of prayer, but the ones I most relied on in the past are the supplicant version, where I ask for something I don’t already have as if I was calling God’s request line, or prayers of gratitude for having already received something....
Finding Calm in the midst of Chaos One of the practices that has helped me find calm in the midst of the chaos that has been 2020 is meditation. But, it took a life-threatening diagnosis 3 ad ½ yrs.ago for me to start. Oh, I’d tried before that. But sitting still was...
I can’t breathe … just breathe Breath is a common denominator of the major crises we are facing globally – the COVID pandemic, racial injustice, and climate change. People who have contracted COVID often report great difficulty breathing, with some needing...
Our Declaration of Equality and Interdependence As July 4th approached, I’d been thinking a lot about what it means to be a United States citizen, especially in light of our escalating COVID cases, the Black Lives Matter protests and the culture wars that have erupted...
Learning when to listen and when to leap Two weeks ago I was delighted to have two blog posts already written and ready to go. But in light of all that is going on in our country around racial injustice and policing, they seemed inadequate. After multiple unsuccessful...
