The Creative Function of Difference
Exploring the wisdom of trees whose root systems have different lessons to share about creating a more just and compassionate way of being together.
Topic: Care
“The Human Need for Approval”
Realize that the need for approval is a very human and healthy desire—just not at the cost of your integrity and your authentic Self
“Mothers and Others”
Who were the “mothers” in your life ?Who gave and modeled qualities for you? How might we use mothering to heal each other and the world?
“Daring to Dance”
03-10-2024 Tools for overcoming difficult or crisis situations can be met with possibilities, gratitude, help from others, courage and joy.
Joy & Contentment
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
Tagore
I’m just anxious!
Anxiety producing events are everywhere….where’s our PEACE?
Be Like Francis
This Sunday, bring your well-behaved furry, feathered, finned, or scaled animal companion (or a photo) to our own! And let’s explore ways we might “be like Francis” and advocate for the most vulnerable among us.
Do We Really Live in a Cruel World?
It is the nature of life that people we care for get ill or go through times of great difficulty. And it is natural that we feel empathy and are compelled to help in whatever way we can. But do we actually know what people truly need? With this in mind, the question becomes, do we really live in a cruel world? Let’s explore.
Letting Go, Getting Free
How might we each, in the words of Christian theologian and ethicist Lewis Smedes, practice the notion that “to forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”?
What If Surrender and Resistance Danced in Harmony?
She shares observations of other thinkers, along with her own questions, relating to observing with curiosity our instincts to relax into or push against parts of our lives.