Tuesday -- Alive Inside is an epiphanic film.I always wanted to use the word epiphanic.Dan Cohen, a social worker in an East Coast nursing home, plays personally tailored music via iPod headsets for older residents diagnosed with dementia and other…
Some stories are good for whatever ails us.The husband knew he could not adequately care for his wife, now in the final stages of Alzheimer's. He found a compassionate facility, and visited her every day. At noon for lunch.Not 11:59.Not…
Tuesday -- This week we remember that the ordinary is the hiding place for the holy. Where we make space for self-care, when life feels unraveled.We start with Rachel Carson’s wisdom (and I might add, a dose of Celtic spirituality), “Those…
A famous travel writer, visiting Japan, was invited to dine in the home of a well-to-do Japanese Family. Delighted to entertain a well-known visitor, the host invited a number of guests, letting everyone know that this meal would be special…
Tuesday -- My friend Phil Volker used to say that it takes one kind of hope to show up for life, and another kind to partake. In other words, we’re not wired to be casual observers here, with our precious…
One my walk this morning, there is a slight lifting of the Spring air so I can smell the earth and the blossoms on the wild cherry trees, and I take possession of my life. (A shout out to May…
Tuesday -- This week we will embrace the invitation of Easter.The invitation to befriend our brokenness.The invitation to be on the lookout for beauty and wonder; the sacred in the ordinary.The invitation to know... “In the end, everything will be…
On my walk this Easter morning, I had no Sabbath Moment prepared, so, the fretting needled my spirit. There’s still a part of me that is tangled by keeping score, and melancholy on Easter is frowned upon, so is something…
Tuesday -- This week, we’re talking about the invitation to dance. To savor this day. To taste the sacrament of the present, even with our uncertainty and the heaviness of our world.We enjoyed the story of a Rabbi's invitation and gentle…
A synagogue needed help. They were in dire straights, and morale was low. They called a famous Rabbi to help them sort it out, to offer them insights and give them all the answers to the questions they were asking.…
