Remembering Our America Today
Thinking about our nation today with a somber heart that has not weighed so heavily upon me since Vietnam. Still I pray, may freedom still ring.
Inspiration and New Vision
Blessings of the Solstice! A Merry Litha to All!
Blessed Litha! This is how we align with the ways of our ancestors, and join together to protect our descendants. In these ways, we honor the Turning.
Wordless Wednesday: Winter at the Duke Cancer Center – Nevertheless, She Blossomed
In the dead of Winter, despite adversity, life and beauty persist. This rosemary is blossoming across from the Cancer Center at Duke University.
Welcome 2019: The Year of the Hanged Man, Part Two
In Part Two, we look back at the last Hanged Man year, and look ahead as well. Like the test of the spiritual initiate, this year is a holy journey.
Welcome 2019: The Year of the Hanged Man, Part One
We are having the first Tarot Year of the Hanged Man in almost a century. What does this complex, often misunderstood card tell us for the year ahead?
Wordless Wednesday: Searching for Dark and Light
Scanning deep space, these extraordinary telescopes scan for supernova remnants, dark matter, and galaxies that contain supermassive black holes.
The Ebbing of the Year, the Turning of the Tide
You may recall this from the funeral service for Jackie Kennedy Onassis. I’ve always loved it. May it be a gift of farewell to the end of this year.
If You Are Counting Down to Christmas…
For Christians, the countdown continues. No matter how you call upon the Divine, tonight’s candle represents the bedrock and meaning of our existence.
For Joy, For the Earth: The Next Candle Lighting Tonight
Let us call forth this night the joy of the Earth. May She come with laughter and splendor, reminding us that we are Her beloved, precious children.
Friday Poetry for the Halcyon Days of Endarkenment
Poet Deborah Gregory kindly granted her permission to share this poem of hers today, inspired by these magical in-between days leading up to Solstice.