The following is an excerpt I adapted from my most recent worship service. Our Soul Matters monthly theme is Practicing Resistance, and my writing for this service focused on Presence, Rest, and Pleasure as Acts of Resistance:
I believe a large and underrated part of decolonizing … read more.
“If we believe we live in an unfriendly universe, we will build walls to defend and weapons to attack. However, if we believe we live in a friendly universe, we will create bridges to connect.” Albert Einstein
Understanding how our brain reacts to modern threats can … read more.
“All our wisdom is stored in the trees.” – Santosh Kalwar
This past Sunday afternoon, I was fortunate to take a little time on a forest path near to my home. Truly unstructured windows of solo time feel like a luxury somedays, but I keep striving … read more.
I wrote this winter solstice reflection this morning. I hope you enjoy: In the darkest hour, may the inner light of insight be your compass. Rest, reflect, find ease, know peace. The pace of the soul moves far more slowly than we are taught; allow … read more.
There is a famous quote from Rabindranath Tagore that I have held with me and done my best to integrate for over a decade that reads, “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and … read more.
“Hope just means another world might be possible, not promised.” – Rebecca Solnit
“These times are urgent. Let us slow down.” – Bayo Akomolafe
Reflecting on and creating from December’s monthly theme of hope may bring us both a sense of rest and unrest. Community building and justice work … read more.
Our next book will be The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, by Allison Hoover Bartlett.
In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book … read more.
On this holiday week, as we wrap up the monthly theme of gratitude, I am sensing into the deep well of it I have for this congregation and our wider community. The more I grow, the more deeply I understand our interdependence and … read more.
“Thank You” by Ross Gay
If you find yourself half naked
and barefoot in the frosty grass, hearing,
again, the earth’s great, sonorous moan that says
you are the air of the now and gone, that says
all you love will turn … read more.
“Prescription for the Disillusioned” by Rebecca del Rio
Come new to this day.
Remove the rigid
overcoat of experience,
the notion of knowing,
the beliefs that cloud
your vision.
Leave behind the stories
of your life. Spit out the
sour taste … read more.
