Historian, writer and theologian, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, points out that the pain of the world has become hard to bear. “One has to have strong cojones and ovarios to withstand much of what passes for ‘good’ today.” Abject disregard and corruption of principled ideals has become the new normal. But, ‘take heart,’ she says. “We … Continue reading We Were Made for Times Like These
In my earlier service endorsing Reparations I dealt with the needs of African-Americans and how those needs came to be. In this service I wish to focus on the effects of Reparations on the members of the dominant society. We are all affected and changed by what happens to anyone else in this world however … Continue reading Reparations in our Fractured World
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuro anatomist. In 1996 she experienced a severe hemorrhage (AVM) in the left hemisphere of her brain causing her to lose the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. She put what she learned from that experience in her book, My Stroke of … Continue reading A Stroke of Insight
The Earth is our mother; the sky is our father; the sea is our sister, the forest is our brother… This is a song taken from the indigenous Hupa tribe of Northern California. We rely on the earth in hundreds of ways. Now that we have harnessed the power of technology, the earth relies on … Continue reading Earth Day – Action Sunday
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