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Pathway to Peace
The pathways to peace are not always readily discovered; more frequently, they are revealed with closer deeper attentiveness. While visiting the Oakwood Community of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in Atherton, CA, I shared an hour of silent meditation in the chapel with about 40 of our elder sisters. While sitting, the silence grew deeper, temple-like in its quality. One could sense the Spirit hovering in the flow of divine presence. This profound experience reminded me that it [...]
Calm in the Storm of Anger
In the environment of the numbing “breaking news” of shootings, crime and attacks, the issue of anger remains an inescapable concern of contemporary life. As a practitioner of mediation, my thoughts turn to the relationship between the genesis of anger and the expression of it: What do we do with our anger when it occurs? Let’s take a closer look. Anger is an inevitable dimension of human experience. None of us can circumvent the certain experience of anger with [...]
Ordinary Grace
Most of us have probably seen the very popular celebrity-driven ad campaign by Capital One Bank that inquires, “What’s in your wallet?” That slogan tends to linger in one’s consciousness due to the frequency of its airing, the longevity of the campaign, and the charismatic smiles of notorieties. The question snapped back yesterday while transferring items from my signature handbag to a different smaller handbag, Challenged to prioritize the items due to the downsizing, I hovered for a just [...]
