Of all the plants, trees seem to occupy a special place in our imagination and our lives. From the places of dark foreboding in the European storybooks to the site of spiritual renewal in Japanese forest bathing – it is the rare person who has no special relationship with tree or forests. Join us in … Continue reading Trees

In a culture both obsessed with, and disgusted by, our bodies, what does it mean to be an embodied being? From our first breath to our last we are sustained and sometimes entrapped in our specific unique remarkable body. We experience the world through our senses and are shaped by the perceptions we and others … Continue reading Wear This Body With Loving Kindness

A Time for Everything. That’s what it says in Ecclesiastes… “a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak.” There are times in life, and times in America, when we are called to make “good trouble” in the words of the late Congressman, John Lewis. … Continue reading Good Trouble