All of your ancestors come to your wedding
They fight. Belch. Kiss both cheeks.
They paint flowers on your face
and weave sunshine in your hair.
Author: Joe Cottonwood
The Diplomat’s Daughter, 1961
can recite the 23rd Psalm in Hindi, once drank Coca Cola with Martin Luther King, is 11 years old....
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Redwood Prayer
Redwood Prayer Grant me deep roots. Solid branches. Let the fires pass me by. Let generations of...
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Your Spirit is a Shadow
by Joe Cottonwood He was a beatnik. I was a hippie. Just a few years made the difference. I was...
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The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.