Aging is inevitable and unpredictable. It is an act of hope and optimism, laced with fear and dread. A mystery. When did you first realize that you were aging? Was it at 10 or at 50? At every stage there are opportunities and lessons … read more.
Energy flows through matter, animating the lump of clay we call our home. Our tender strong bodies are moved by breath to stretch and bounce and tap and swirl. We are ignited by taste and smell and touch into realms of pleasure. Our creative … read more.
“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience,” wrote the poet Emily Dickinson. Anne shares her difficult journey of leaving a fundamentalist religion as well as insights from her whirlwind year of experimenting with two dozen spiritual practices—from singing to … read more.
“On a very dark night, with a group of seven young guys, I started my journey to find my stolen freedom. In narrow rugged trails across the mountains, we walked for hours trying to pass the Syrian borders to get to Turkey. Everything seemed to … read more.
Doorways can be shut to keep us safe, or keep others out. An open door can be an invitation to adventures both wonderful and dangerous. Janus, the Roman God of gates and doors and transitions, guards the liminal transition into the new year, and … read more.
We continue our annual tradition of music and readings to make you smile on the last Sunday morning of the year. In a year when everything really did go viral, will there be anything to laugh about? After losing Justice Ginsberg, James Bond, and … read more.
Join us, as you are, for a Christmas Eve Service of music and story. Come with your family, come with yourself, come to remember why we put our faith in joy. This is the joy that moves through the earth while you sleep, the … read more.
John O’Donohue wrote: “The light on offer is enough only to guide the next step.” As we move across the threshold of Winter Solstice, we recognize the light on offer can come in many forms: It can be a light of connection, of a simple … read more.
What meaning can we draw from the times when we fall to our knees, cut the mooring, or walk alone in the desert? How do we understand the tumble of grief, and the sinking of hope? It is one thing to experience suffering and another … read more.
What do you name the invisible arms that hold you in the dark night and in the bright of day? What do you trust with your heart, your prayers, your secrets? What is the thought, the feeling, the knowing, that you lean into when the … read more.
