One of the most radical things you can do is feel satisfied with your life. However your body is, whatever you have accomplished, it is enough. This is true even if you are facing life threatening illness or working to stop climate change. There is always more to do. There Read more…
Almost every Sunday morning my daughter groans and asks us, again, “Why are we going to church?†Sometimes we skip church and attend an indigenous-led water ceremony by the Mississippi. Then the question is “Why do we have to go to the river?†My daughter is questioning like kids do, Read more…
When I was a teenager one of the elders at my church explained that with the holiday season most of us add at least 50 things to our to-do list that are above what we normally do. No wonder we get stressed out! It’s a lesson that I remember each Read more…
What is your work in the world? I notice many people asking this question in different ways. Some are literally looking for a job. Some are feeling the need to re-focus their work within a current job in a way that it is responsive to the changing environment. Others are Read more…
In my garden, all that I can see through patches of snow and ice are seed pods and mulch. It is a perfect reminder for me that the seeds of next summer are already here–and I hope not too many are weeds! This is the time for cultivating vision, another Read more…