by Linda Cherek | Feb 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was reading Joyce Rupp’s book, Boundless Compassion, and in the introduction she says this book “extends an invitation to grow in the kind of love that motivated Jesus to be a compassionate presence. This requires being in touch with how we think, feel, and respond...
by Mary Noble Garcia | Jan 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
“This is not who we are” has been spoken numerous times since the attack on the Capitol. In fact, what happened on January 6 is part of who we are as a nation. This is important because we can only understand and change what is acknowledged. My anger...
by JoAnn Campbell-Rice | Dec 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
During this darkest time of the year, I’m sitting with a powerful poem that celebrates emptiness. Oblation By Elizabeth B. Rooney I hope each day To offer less to You, Each day By Your great love to be Diminished Until at last I am So decreased...
by Mary Noble Garcia | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the beautifully illustrated book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesyoffers wisdom for young and old alike. Sitting together on a tree branch, the mole asks the boy, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” “Kind,” said the boy. The pandemic...
by Linda Cherek | Nov 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
“There is much I want to say, as if the saying could prepare you for this path, as if there is anything I could offer that would make your way less circuitous, more smooth….” ~The Shimmering Hours (Jan Richardson) The holidays ideally are a time of food and...
by Kay Vander Vort | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
We are in the eighth month of living with a declared Pandemic in the United States! By now we are well versed in the protocol; wear a mask, wash your hands, social distance and avoid indoor gatherings. Even as we wear masks and stay safely at home,...
