It occurs to me that we might learn a lesson from plants right now about settling in, even as we sit in this place of unknowing. I'll share a story about our foray into gardening yesterday. First, the context that is the background of everything: we do not know how many will suffer and die from this coronavirus. For those of us who are especially Continue Reading
A Hidden Wholeness
Parker Palmer, the great educator and philosopher writes about Thomas Merton's statement: "..there is in all things...a hidden wholeness..."* And he goes on to quote Mary Oliver, the poet: "This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know...that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness." In our tradition, the Kabbalists and Continue Reading
