This Sunday, most Christians around the world mark Palm Sunday. It is the first day of Holy Week, and a remembrance of the day crowds lined Jesus’ path into Jerusalem. What we might not recall, though, is that those crowds — in their hope for … read more.
In the midst of injustice and fear for and with our neighbors, of our own personal grief and loss, a Buddhist teaching calls us to “Always maintain only a joyful mind.” Can that be right? Is it possible? Should it be possible? What would it … read more.
“A Talent for Truth: Sometimes it feels like there is so much injustice, so much greed, so much willful ignorance or complacency in the world — so much that there’s nothing to be done about it. Maybe one thing to do is to tell the … read more.
Hope is never constant. It is shaped from the pieces of our lives and of our shared interdependent existence. And sometimes it is shattered, and we reshape those pieces into something new.
2025.1214 OOS – Hope in Pieces
Children’s programs (Nursery and Children’s Chapel) are up … read more.
Some years back, gratitude became all the rage. A whole industry popped up around it. Gratitude journals and retreats. Daily lists of the gifts – big and small – we are blessed to have and receive. That’s good, as far as it goes. But what … read more.
“Breathe Out Peace: We are connected to each other, interdependent with every person in Creation and with Creation itself. If those threads of connection are going to sustain us — rather than pull us down together — we’ll need to feed them with possibility, with … read more.
“Get centered,” we’re told. “Find your center.” Spiritually, emotionally, mentally, even physically – centering can give us a sense of balance. But what are we centering in? And what – or who – gets pushed to the margins when we settle into our comfortable center? … read more.
Jonah finding himself in the belly of a whale is one of the best-known stories from the Hebrew Bible. But why was he in there? Why did he stay? Facing deep divides over values and politics in 2025, we may find that his choice and … read more.
We are reminded almost daily that there is much in the world to worry, frighten, and anger us. But, too, there is so much to spark joy, to draw out smiles and song, to delight. Our capacity to remember –to keep noticing — those delights … read more.
Poet Mary Oliver wrote that we must be able to do 3 things to live in this world. Her list is poetic, true, and incomplete. To live in this world, to transform ourselves and the world, we must be able to be in this world, to be with … read more.
