wisdom669Apr 161 minAll We Can SaveThank you all for joining us on this year's Lenten journey. We hope you will join us next Sunday for our Spring into Healing event to...
Toni OpltApr 145 minThere is No Place Like HomeIt is late afternoon, and I am walking along a hiking trail. Then, I stop, transfixed by a shaft of light falling through the interior of...
Betsy SlosarApr 133 minConnecting The DotsThroughout my adult life, in both my career and volunteering, I’ve been drawn to efforts that work to change social problems by getting...
-Apr 124 minHomeMy Daddy was an ornery man who drank too much, cussed up a blue streak and was hot-tempered. He was determined though, that wherever we...
Virginia Woulfe-BeileApr 114 minWisdom of the AncestorsI’ve already given away much for my early life experience and relationship with ecology in my “Save” post when I penned “ I live in the...
Lynn BeaumontApr 102 minCome as you areThe Confluence Climate Collaborative was a newly-formed group when I was asked to provide some technical support in establishing the...
Max PohlmanApr 92 minAwakeningMembers of the Confluence Climate Collaborative first met during the discussion course “A World of Health: Connecting People, Place, and...
Lynn BeaumontApr 82 minConsumer FastCan you buy nothing for 7 days? As we're nearing the end of our Lenten observance, we invite you to participate in what we are calling a...
Virginia Woulfe-BeileApr 72 minSaveMy Heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those Who age after age, perversely, With...
Max PohlmanApr 61 minCanToday we explore the word CAN in the title of our book All We Can Save. I want to begin this reflection with the closing lines of this...
Betsy SlosarApr 52 minWeAll. WE. Can. Save. Our group has been slowly making our way through the book All We Can Save as a framework for our “40 Days” and toward...
-Apr 42 minAllThank you for joining us for 40-Days of Kindness! We are well past the ½ way mark and entering new territory. At the beginning of our...
Lynn BeaumontApr 21 minBig PictureSustainability is a beautiful term, and one that inevitably comes up in conservations about being kinder to the planet. The environmental...
Toni OpltApr 13 minEmpty Opportunity For years, from my upstairs window, I clocked the seasons by a giant stately oak who stood in my neighbors' backyard. For more than 20...
Betsy SlosarMar 312 minThe Great TurningTo be sure, "sharing" is a part of reconnecting with the world and each other. I offer this poem, or essay presented as poem, for all who...
Max PohlmanMar 301 minEcstaticBirdsong brings relief to my longing. I'm just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say! Please, universal soul, practice some...
Max PohlmanMar 291 minNativeAre you familiar with the saying “Bloom where you are planted”? Maybe blooming where you have NOT been planted is an idea worth pursuing....
Betsy SlosarMar 282 minA word-team, ‘Care/take care of' and ‘frugality’Last year, our ‘40-days of Lent’ focused on loving what we have, which included taking care of our belongings and of course our planetary...
Lynn BeaumontMar 261 minCompassionKindness and connection to the world must start from within. Our minds are amazing, but we must always remember to balance them with our...
Lynn BeaumontMar 252 minConsciousnessThe human brain is an incredible thing. We take for granted our capacity for comprehension and communication, but think about it for a...