2022 Newsletters

An amazing thing happened on the first Sunday of Advent. During the previous week I was reflecting on what to share in this newsletter, to encourage you to engage wholeheartedly in this sacred season. […]

In these turbulent times as the USA celebrates the Thanksgiving holiday, one could readily ask: “Grateful for what?” Jan Richardson suggests there’s a lot, if we will gather up the fragments. (Such things as selfless caring, compassion, & resilience hiding among society’s disturbing situations.) […]

A story has been singing in my heart all month. I found this account in The Way of Love, a book with selections on the topic collected by editors Michael Leach, Doris Goodnough, and Maria Angelini. The experience described in “I Am Wherever There Is Love” took [...]

Sometimes I stumble onto an insight from an unexpected source that astounds me. Turkey vultures recently provided that. Yes, turkey vultures. I admit to having despised these carrion-feeding birds floating in the air, circling and circling. […]

Lately I’ve been aware of being immersed in life’s polarities, experiencing both positive and negative events, good and bad news, hope and disappointment, joy and sorrow, and much more. […]

A lot has been circling my mind/heart during June but no one central theme has emerged. Thus, I’m going to share a few thoughts I’ve jotted in my daily journal. Perhaps you will find some part of your life’s experience reflected within them. […]

Several weeks ago my dental hygienist chatted with me while I was there for my regular appointment. My acquaintance with her is limited to an every-six-months visit, so I was startled when she calmly revealed she’d had a double breast mastectomy just two months earlier. […]

In my April newsletter I suggested “keeping watch” with those who suffer. Whether people live near or far away, we can be intentional about our love going forth to them because love is a movement of positive energy. […]

“Powerless. Helpless. Sadness.” These words come forth from a lot of people these days—including myself. When world news provides daily coverage of the unbelievable destruction of Ukraine’s cities, it’s heart-breaking to witness the brutality and forced dispersal of the residents who dwell there. […]

Divine revelation can come through the book of nature or the book of inner experience. …from the inspiring words or example of another person, which hold up to us a mirror in which we catch sight of our own infinite potentiality and are drawn to fulfill [...]

Not long ago, I read The Book of Hope. In this inspiring resource, Douglas Abrams interviews Jane Goodall, the well-known English primatologist and naturalist who made amazing discoveries about the life of chimpanzees in the Gombe jungle. […]

The simplest of events can make a remarkable difference. I recently relearned this. One of my cousin’s children, tiny four-year-old Thea, sparkles with enthusiasm. After my visit, I was just ready to get into my car when I heard my name called. […]