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Silence of Winter
At least once a week, I begin my mornings out on the edge of the woods, sitting, listening to the life of the world there. Usually, the sun has not come over the horizon yet. Usually, the activity of birds … Continue reading
What Do You Do?
What do you do while stopped at a red light? How about standing in line at the grocery store–what’s your go-to mental activity? How about while waiting on the phone for a service person with outrageous music playing? Any one … Continue reading
Presence Is Engagement
There are five simple and immediate ways to move our minds and bodies into the present moment. Our five senses are gateways into presence. To use them with any good effect on our perceptions, we have to engage what we … Continue reading
The Peace in Presence
With the beginning of December, we usher in the theme of living love through the practice of presence in our worship services, in these daily reflections, and in all the other areas of shared community life at UUCG. The theme … Continue reading
Communities of Coherence
When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaoshave the capacity to shift the entiresystem to a higher order. Illya Prigogine–Nobel Laureate I’ve been captured by this quotation for a couple of weeks … Continue reading
Repair in 100 Years
I’ve been listening to Krista Tippet’s interview with adrienne maree brown entitled “On Radical Imagination and Moving Toward Life.” I have to listen in small segments, in part because that’s how my driving and listening while running errands works, and … Continue reading
Functional Spirituality
There is a relatively recent development in healthcare called “functional medicine.” As I understand it and am experiencing it, functional medicine seeks the cause of health concerns before trying to treat the symptoms of health concerns. It’s not that a … Continue reading