Spring is a time when seeds that have lain dormant through the long, cold, quiet of winter crack open and send forth the life they’ve held within them. A time of now and not yet, of both mud and muck and green shoots of possibility. As we turn from winter and from the pandemic into…
These are challenging, bewildering times in our democracy, and the midterm election and its aftermath seem to bring still more causes and occasions for heartbreak – and hope. How do we hold it all? How do we deal with people with whom we disagree? And now that the election is over (with the next cycle…
These are bewildering times. Things seem to be coming apart: democracy, planet Earth, our nerves. The way forward feels cloudy, uncertain, and exhausting. As winding and wearisome as the path may be, it’s crucial that we allow time to renew our spirits and to restore our capacities for connection and courage, wonder and resilience. The…