A Time To Be
Lent is a time for embracing reflection and renewal. A time to allow spaces for quieting the buzz of what goes on in and around and allow the silence to…
Paying Attention
Human-trafficking affects 40+ million people around the globe. Climate change, gender inequality, systemic racism, poverty, neoliberal capitalism, war and conflict, forced migration drive its proliferation. Traffickers make billions of dollars…
Lessons From My Elderly Mom
At the moment, I am with my mother as her companion since I returned to the Philippines in January. My sister recently died in December. It was a sudden death…
Joy is a Verb
I find myself today thinking, oddly, about joy. I say oddly because I am just coming out of the deepest, darkest of winter- an annual journey through the worst of…
The Taste of Things V: Hope
I was part of an engaging conversation recently about “collapse!” In the midst of a climate catastrophe will the planet survive? Will the human species survive? Will I survive? Of…
The End
The end.I woke up this morning with that thought.When the season is all about beginning anew,why am I thinking of the end?I recently suddenly lost a very good friend.She was…
Resilience
I have been thinking a lot about resilience lately. What with the war in Ukraine, climate change with its unpredictable weather patterns, and Covid 19, along with its capacity to…
Let Us Be Blessing
This entry marks our 100th blog article! Special thanks to all who have contributed and commented over the last few months.The autumn “Sabbath” with which I was gifted1 has eased…
As Year 2022 Ends…
I was struggling to find a topic for a year-end reflection and an idea to reflect on the past year came to mind. I think 2022 has been a challenging…
The Taste of Things IV
Elm and arborist It was the ‘orange dot of death’ that caught my eye, and then my heart. It was the sign that she would be brought to her knees,…