Congregations and their people are still feeling the drag of two years of isolation and its associated stressors. Many experts describe our collective experiences as trauma, and trauma takes time to heal. This drag is leading to a completely understandable “low capacity” for all kinds … read more.
Silence. There is good silence. There is unnerving silence. Sometimes, the silence can be deafening. So much of our spiritual awareness happens in silence.
Humanity is gripped by a crisis of identity, as various groups enjoin a needless struggle to differentiate themselves, why they are here, and what they should do about it. The result is a mind-numbing array of “us-es” and “them-s” with self-definitions growing more and more … read more.
We have seen the unspeakable become commonplace. It’s becoming more and more common and more and more unspeakable. How do we, as religious people address this dysfunction in our society?
This month, we celebrated our circle of belonging, we talked about widening it and deepening that circle. Today, we look at why. Why bother to celebrate, widen and deepen or circles of belonging?
When we value something deeply, we naturally want as many people as possible to share in it…we are ever seeking to widen our circle of belonging – to bring more and more people into our joy. That’s what Martin Luther King was all about and … read more.
With all we each have going in our days, it is so easy to slip into a sense of complacency with things that are going well in our lives. We forget to celebrate. Today, we celebrate and in so doing, we renew one of our … read more.
Today, we celebrate the Roman God Janus, the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings, for whom the month of January was named.