Arabic Mantra
When you feel like you’re far from home and you are When you choose to breathe in and breathe out When you approach a preoccupied stranger in the sooq When you see a five-year-old boy…
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Little Sister At the end of our lesson At the Bread Co on South Grand You gave me a simple assignment: “Write a four-line poem in Vietnamese” You came to this country at age eight…
Spiritual Exercises: Slowing Down
“I have no time to be in a hurry.” — Henry David Thoreau For our October Spiritual Exercises gathering, Lindsay Sihilling will share reflections on her experience of slowing down. We meet on Monday 22…
Share the Wealth with Fatima Rhodes: Walking with the Iraqis
On Sunday 21 October, Fatima Rhodes will share stories of her work with Iraqi refugees who have recently come to St. Louis. Join us for a potluck supper beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the home…
From Wendy Lee in NYC
“Writing meditation – possibly one of the most valuable things I’ve ever learned. Thanks, Dr. C!”
My Beloved Syria, My Beloved Alawi Friends: A Presentation by Steve Tamari
For our next gathering of Share the Wealth, on Sunday 7 October, Steve Tamari will briefly explain the context for the civil war in Syria and share why sectarianism is a reality but not the…
Wednesday 19 September
A sunny day 70 degrees Sitting outside together We discuss the future— Prospects, possibilities, The quixotic quest for balance in this topsy-turvy world
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I received this post from actor, visionary, disturber of the peace, and forever maestra, Miss Magan Wiles. Professor Friend – I am excited to read your play/book/literary experience. I want to read it all in one…
Presence
“In my visits to the hospitals, I found it was in the simple matter of Personal Presence, and emanating ordinary cheer and magnetism, that I succeeded and help’d more than by medical nursing or delicacies,…
You’re Going So Far Away, But…
When I look in my heart, I find you there! When I meet 90 new students next week, I’ll see you in those looks of expectation and curiosity. When I come into my home, I…