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,...
by Tom Allen | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
I know the title of this piece sounds like an oxymoron. Wow, what a “free for all” that first debate was! I have been struggling like most with my emotions. I have a hard time understanding why so many in our country don’t think or feel the way I do. I feel tempted to...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
The adoption caseworker made it clear the child coming to MN to live with me had endured a staggering number of losses. Preparing to become a mom meant lining up grief therapists, researching childhood trauma and carefully thinking through small acts that could help...
