Articles on Nature
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Earth and Soul
In reading Earth & Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Change, some of the information about nature’s interconnectedness was new to me and some brought back many happy childhood memories of walking around the small farm I grew up on with a beloved uncle who loved to teach me about the natural world around me, about how…
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The Wilderness of Becoming
I have been thinking a lot about wilderness lately. I sit writing this piece immediately following the festival of Shavuot, when we Jews celebrate God’s giving of the Torah and our entering into covenantal relationship with God in the wilderness of Sinai. In addition, Jewish communities around the world are currently reading from the book…
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“Residency”- A Transforming Community Poem
Beckoned and gatheredDrawn ever closeWe beganSharing storiesOur yearningsOur souls Exposing deep woundsAnd time worn scarsWe shared hopesNamed our fearsAnd lifted our hearts Emboldened,EncompassedEnthralled We spokeWe listenedWe heard And we dancedAnd we stompedAnd we walked and we paused Wisdom teachings, traditionsShared and brought forthWe gathered as peersEncouraged, reinforced Summoned each by SpiritIn silence and prayerWe opened…
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Holy Whisper
It was an exciting day! I woke up that morning in Avila, Spain, knowing we were going to tread some hallowed ground. Our group of pilgrims headed out the door and onto the ancient cobblestone streets of this walled city. The same streets that Teresa of Avila walked as a child, a young woman, and…