February. The Shadow. Grace. A tale of release!
These frigid temperatures and the immense amount of effort involved in shoveling, making sure pipes don’t freeze, animals and children are safe and cars are maintained is nothing short of […]
Compassion and Suffering
So, 2015 has only been here for a 37 days and I already feel like I have aged a few years. Seeing my beloved daughter deal yet again with fear, […]
Morning Train: Thoughts on Death
We have teachers all around us if we are paying attention. Some of my greatest teachers have been the hospice patients and their families in the last decade […]
“Otherness”, Difference and Namaste
One has to only spend 5 minutes on Facebook to see this sense of “otherness” that is sadly part of the division, rage, disconnect and violence that we see in […]
Women! Be Wise!
There are times when your world shifts and you realize how conditioned you are to thinking and feeling a certain way about things that happen in life. I […]
Went to Africa. Lost my Job. Left the Church
I began 2014 with a sense of diving head first into the unexpected by traveling to Africa to study music and dance. It changed my life […]
Everything is Holy Now
In my middle years, I move farther away from certainty about God to fall deeper into the mystery of it all. I sing, praise, dance, cry, plead, rage […]
The Familiarity of Fear
It starts as this pinprick. The insidious nature of fear as it freezes the body and at the same time makes the heart pump furiously to send all the blood […]
Healing and Hope
Healing is a process. Forgiveness is a process. Spiritual author Jeff Brown eloquently speaks of forgiveness that rises organically as being real and deeply rooted rather than the willing of […]
Trust and Allow
The past few months this phrase is what has kept my feet fully planted on the earth, my heart open and my spirit in seeking mode. I love living […]
