Parachutes of Hope: Reflections on Lent, Baba Yaga, and Palestine
Every candle, every dance, repairs the cracks of the world.
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Category: Ancestors
Elder Wisdom – A deep time convergence of ancestral and place-based ecosystems
I request the guidance of my elder ancestors to be close with me as we walk this place again, introducing ourselves to the beings here. I ask them to help me greet the elders of this place, of tree and plant and bird and animal kin, and of the human ancestors who have been stewards here for millennia.
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Take Back The Magic
The test before me was between love and fear. Maybe all of life is about that choice. Maybe that’s what everything depends upon, the courage to choose love over fear even in the face of the unknown.
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Small, Slow and Low
As always when I have a spiritual question, I headed outside and got my hands in the dirt. It is always for me the growing things that hold the simplest and most important answers. How would they answer this question? What did they know about collaborating with the underworld?
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Dark, Early Morning
Who among your dead are with you still? And how? Do you know? How do their gifts flow through you?
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The Braided Way
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.