October 31, 2017 Qatar Air Flight to Doha Today is a tricky day. Maybe the climate being so hot-cold-hot makes it volatile. One day in October seems like July, the next day is gusty like March. Maybe this day really is a node in the yearly cycle- Samhain is a Celtic...
Category: "Light In Action"
Sanctuary from Persecution
“Part of understanding Justice is to recognize the disproportions among which we live..." it takes an awful lot of living with the powerless to begin to understand what it is like to be powerless, to have your voice, thoughts, ideas and concerns count for very little....
Love Thy Neighbor, Harvard
I have a neighbor whom I love and I deplore. This neighbor is rich, delivers great classes, inculcates our youth into the echelons of power, and sometimes leans in on justice. I love him, I love him not. I often have to contend with this guy. Who is this bemouth...
Calm Waters during Hurricanes
A story of Jesus and the disciples tells how the fishermen were in a boat probably looking for supper when a storm comes up. Jesus is asleep (long work day maybe) and the boat is pitching back and forth in a sudden storm. Mark 4:35-41: “Don’t you care if we drown?”...
Is the US Election Over?
Dear Ones — know that you are love and are living on Earth to love. This is not a social media announcement. I’m probably breaking the rules~not the first time. We can do acts of kindness. We can give more from our larder, walk in the shoes of a mother from Honduras,...
Quaking for Peace
Some proclaim that peace is possible. Really? Where? Does it last? Quakers and Amish and some intentional communities have islands of peace. Some scientists think we can abolish war. I certainly pray for it. I thought our economy depended on war. Certainly our...
Climate Change is our Love Story
I am growing slowly, steadily. Imagine a dandelion, stretching its yellow tendrils. in the face of climate disaster I’m humbled but not cowed. I am reconfiguring the pieces of my life. The tempests, the droughts, the melting ice caps are speaking to us louder than any...
Peace with a Pint of Irish
I was in Ireland all of 20 days and I've been puzzling "why is the human race so violent and yet so loving?" How can this be? I can't find a kinder warmer people than the ones I met on Dublin streets. The Irish seem more active in their churches than other Europeans....
AVP, Ireland, Rhythm of Universe
Six inmate AVP facilitators shared their personal journeys: “Though we may be in the gutters some of us still look at the stars” “In the past the people were afraid to approach me because of my reputation of violence, since I became an AVP facilitator people find it...