What’s on My Mind …
for Wendy Lee How to relax How to listen to Gould’s recording of Bach’s Toccata in D Major How to observe like David Grossman How to stay open amid any outbreaks of intransigence How to make…
Message from Courtney Barrett on Manuscript of What Eventually Became “Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine”
“Reading your manuscript is like experiencing a tasting menu…lots of flavor, variety, surprises, intertwining themes and yet each chapter can stand alone…evoking a litany of emotions…leaving me satisfied and yet wanting more. May I suggest…
Thich Nhat Hanh, proponent of non-dualism (or, interbeing) said: “Plum Village is everywhere.” So is Belgravia Court.
Present Moment
Salvation seems to be a movement toward redemption in the midst of the trials of existence, one moment of peace and tenderness in the midst of daily violence, beautiful music that calms our spirit, a…
Voltaire
“What put me off studying the law,” [Voltaire] later told his friend the marquis d’Argenson in 1739, “was the vast amount of useless rubbish they wanted to load into my brain. ‘Get to the point,’…
From Me to You
I know there is much on your mind School, bureaucracy, the future, etc. I want to offer you something I wouldn’t say this to just anyone (But maybe someone else Has already given you what…
That Brazilian Spirit!
An important discovery is gratuity. That is, giving time and space for what’s not anticipated, what comes from God, from the future. Availability—not being a prisoner to our projects and plans. And hospitality. This is…
Share the Wealth with Lizzie Corcoran: El Salvador, En Camino
I got to spend a month this summer with the Casa de Solidaridad in El Salvador. It was a public health program that was focused on walking in communities and learning about public health and…
100 Years
In 2011 several friends and I met to discuss The Next American Revolution by Grace Lee Boggs, who passed away this week at the age of 100. The following passage comes from that book: Each…
Forest Park Community College, F Building, 4th Floor
Taken near the elevator