Dear, sweet mother friends of mine (and men, too, who happen to be overworked and exhausted), guess what? Karen Maezen Miller of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood is coming here, to Rochester, MN, to give a one-day retreat in October. [You’ll know how much Karen’s words have meant to me in the […]
Questioning Religion
More thoughts on David Dark’s The Sacredness of Questioning Everything. Previous thoughts are here. Dark defines “religion” a little differently than I think most of us refer to it as, and that is as a “calling out.” Meaning, it’s how you live your life, day to day. So, religion can be anything, not just…well, the […]
Questioning God
So, I’ve begun the book I mentioned yesterday, The Sacredness of Questioning Everything by David Dark. Can I just say he starts off with a bang…and I was hooked after the first page? I hope Dark’s okay with me quoting long passages from the book. You need to read this book if you’re continually wondering […]
St. John’s Block Party
I haven’t forgotten you. We’ve just been to the Cloud Cult concert in Downtown Rochester. So worth it. Because it’s late, and I have to get up early to decorate ladybug cupcakes tomorrow morning, I’ll leave you with one of their songs. “Everybody Here is a Cloud” Lyrics first: And everybody here is a cloud […]
Living Fearlessly
This is from The Tao Te Ching. It reminded me of my little one, how exuberantly she takes life in, and my hope is that I will live this, too. Every one of us is born, and everyone dies. However, three of every ten seem to be born to live, three seem to be born […]