Wake Up!
The rumbling is becoming a roar.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to see or hear Greta Thunberg’s passionate plea at the EU Parliament’s April 16th meeting; it is worth watching here.
Clearly, we do not know how to move from our comfortable and profit driven lifestyles. Am I willing to change the way I work and earn a living in order to make a difference?
We have the way, it is just a matter…
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The Pensieve
“Who are the people who helped you become who you are?, Mr. Rogers asks.
Looking into the Pensieve
you begin to think see
my mom, my dad, my sister
my best friends, favorite teachers
the list
begins
To blossom
and before you can stop it
that horrendous boyfriend
the skeeming employer
the rude subway rider
reveal their selves
and gratitude wells up
as do thoughts
of who your neighbors are
and
lovi…
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Ah Silent Wounded Sufferer
Ah Silent Wounded Sufferer
Silent Wounded Sufferer Breathe – slowly – in-then-out – deep cleansing breaths Ah Sweet Nectar How? How have I … Is it the endless excavating Is it the see-through smoke of a trillion stacks and pipes Is it the warm air that keeps me comfy on this cool spring morning Ah Keeper of the Vineyard How? How have I … Is it the use of the names for colors to define-divide-destroy Is it the endless…
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How Compassion Came to Live Among Us
How Compassion Came to Live Among Us
Words by Ninabeth Metcalf, Artwork: detail from Epocha by Tim Metcalf Find Tim’s artwork here
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Sent Out
Sent Out - Awakening to the home I have always been in, a world of wonder and awe, basking in Love
Adam and Eve in the Garden And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went about among the villages teaching. He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them,…
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Laudato si' - The integral text of Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si
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Press Release of the presentation of Laudato Sii
5th & 6th Day of Creation Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, distinguished representatives of the media, all who are following by radio and television and on internet, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, First of all, I greet all of you warmly on behalf of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, which is honoured to have been called to assist the Holy Father in his…
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Pope Francis and the Environmet: Why His New Climate Encyclical Matters Yale will sponsor a panel on the Papal Encyclical on Wednesday April 8 at 5:30pm entitled “Pope Francis and the Environment: Why His New Climate Encyclical Matters.” Participants include John Grim, Peter Crane, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Margaret Farley, Dekila Chungyalpa, Doug Kysar, and Greg Sterling.
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Compassion in Action: Buddhism and the Environment Yale will host an important event on Tuesday April 7 at 4pm. His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, will give the Chubb Fellowship Lecture on “Compassion in Action: Buddhism and the Environment.” Afterwards Andrew Quintman and Mary Evelyn Tucker will interview him.
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Once Again in the Garden
Once Again in the Garden
In the distance loud hosannas fade saving no one but themselves A deepening No flees from the Light thrusting the kneeling One beyond comfort beyond knowing beyond fear ensuing madness deepens crimson tears flow Whispering Wind silently encouraging, enticing, enfolding as the kneeling One stands arms wide open Heart exposed
Photo Credit: Ninabeth Metcalf; The Stations of the Cross…
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Where wild things are ~ a poem by Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Where wild things are
Harold Weston , Wilderness-Marcy, Dvorak New World Symphony, Largo
The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.
He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan;
and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
—Mark 1.12-13
Spirit,
drive me out
into my solitude,
my desolations,
my discomfort.
Set me down
among the wild beasts,
fears and hungers
pawing around…
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Tikkun Olam
The Wall of Indifference by Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, 1989
The screams for help
too many
The anger
too great
El-roi gasps
gasps
The world contracts
The days grow short
Chaos presses in
presses in
When will we see
When will
we see
That love
Love is great
That song
song will bring salvation
salvation
healing and wholeness
Tikkun Olam
Oh
Tikkun Olam
The moan of oppression
The anger of…
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Heaven's Kiss Heaven's Kiss Surrounding Hug Awaken us to Your Touch to the hard ground rippling water still breeze…
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Crazy Woman O Wisdom in all your glory We glance, gawk, chide, and ignore as you stand yelling…
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Astounding Mercy Blue grey clouds; Mercy Blazing maple; Mercy Gentle touch: Mercy Beginning and end; Mercy blushing foolish in your Presence Astounding Mercy
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Advent http://wp.me/s3ZuSi-advent Ecospirtuality Resources offers reflection guides that are "placed within the Universe Story" and are written "with an awareness that the Mystery we call God lives and acts within us and all creation." Written by Terri MacKenzie SHCJ, this is an excellent resource for small group study. Advent.
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A Blessing for Verdant Beauty May the love of verdant beauty fill our hearts May the love in our hearts embrace our neighbors…
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