When Young People Go to War: Share the Wealth with Chris Wallach
What is it that makes young men and women and boys and girls join the service and go to war? What is their experience like once they get there? Chris Wallach will share what she…
Category: Friends
Good To Be with You, Too
Marky-Mark–you are such a spark! in those terra cotta colored cords, and your tie-dyed T, driving your fancy mini cooper, shuffling through the SLAM, counting the number of paintings that contained the color, periwinkle. Was…
Morning Meditation, 7.18.2013
May I be filled with loving-kindness May I be well May I be peaceful and at ease May I be happy May Irum be filled with loving-kindness May Irum be well May Irum be peaceful…
Share the Wealth This Sunday: Dance Numbers, a Love Story and Spicy Food, Oh My!
For our next Share the Wealth on Sunday 21 July, Nebu Kolenchery will share a short reflection on Bollywood films and the role that they play in Indian culture and identity. This will be followed…
Mev’s Ode to Joy
Sitting across from a friend Downtown Gelateria I’d just given her The Book of Mev (Her silent, deep response I’ll never forget) I offered to read her something So I turned the pages and came…
Toward a Curriculum for an Institute for the Cultivation of Slowness
For Lindsay Morning Aspiration: Upon first waking up in the morning, recite this gatha from Thich Nhat Hanh: “Waking up this morning, I smile: Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to…
Notice What You Notice
What a beautiful phone message you just left What a beautiful Friday reunion after 5 months separation What a beautiful mantram walk up Washington Boulevard What a beautiful hour at Reshma’s Café planning the spiritual…
You’re the Beautiful Resistance
There’s something about your sharing with me Tears usually are the result Not sadness as in Ach But gratitude as in Ah I’ve known you nine years plus So, of course, we inter-are Muriel Ruykeyser:…
Cece’s Smile
For Mary and Matt A while after Mev died I went to a gathering at Jesuit Hall In honor of Guadalupe Carney Who had lived in Honduras with the poor Scores of people were there…
The Miracle of Being Cheerful
Years of nausea Anxiety Affliction Heart being battered Hourly taking up your cross And carrying it Night after day Day after night And when I’ve seen you Always that smile Always that glow Always that…