Are the Dead Happy?
My father tells me that he’s happy now that he’s dead.
Read More
Category: Ancestors
Parachutes of Hope: Reflections on Lent, Baba Yaga, and Palestine
Every candle, every dance, repairs the cracks of the world.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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?
Read More- 1
- 2
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.