Subject: We are who we are because....
We are who we are because....
November 1st, 2025 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, You might know this Maya Angelou quote about our ancestors: We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, w ...
Freedom, Feminism, and Deepening our Inquiry
October 25th, 2025 at 1:49 pm EDTHi Friend, The experience startled me, evoking bigger questions about navigating these times. Just last week. After kayaking with a friend - let's call her Rose - on an exquisite autumn evening here in the Hudson Valley, we put our boats in the ...
Halloween, Witches, and a new podcast with Max Dashu
October 18th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, Hallowe'en - All Hallow's Eve; the night before All Saints Day; Sawhain - the Witches' New Year; the time when the veil between this world and that world are thin - just keeps growing in popularity in the United States (and, so far as I ...
Powwow Stories and Pretty Stickers
October 11th, 2025 at 11:00 am EDTHi Friend, Sometimes we get to be a small part of part of a realization of some 'big prayers'; prayers that are not just spoken by ourselves for ourselves, but are whispered/sang/spoken/cried for years; for decades; for generations. This past wee ...
Divine Remembrance and Land Relationship
September 27th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, I first met Sheikh Adeyinka Mendes many years ago, pre-Pandemic, at the mosque in New Jersey where he was serving at the time. He was introduced to me by a former ReMembering participant. I was immediately impressed with his presence: c ...
Equinox, Demeter, and the Great Mysteries
September 20th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDT[] Hi Friend, Some origin-story writing that I'm in the midst of at the moment has brought me to the ancient Greek story of Demeter/Persephone/Hecate. It is one of many old stories about a heroine who falls into some kind of an underworld; one of ...
Some Theological "Chop Chop"
September 13th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDT[] Hi Friend, Teaching the ReMembering Course is, for me, something of an artistic practice, perhaps akin to weaving, where there are many threads that I am bringing together, teasing out, tugging, unravelling, and then re-weaving. Much of the time ...
Back to School: What are we learning?
September 6th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDT[] Hi Friend, Back to School: excitement. Trepidation. Uncertainty. What will that new teacher be like? What will the other kids say about your shoes? Back to School: Excitement. Trepidation. Uncertainty. More time for parents and caregivers to work ...
Peaches, Labor, Abundance: A Labor Day Reflection
August 30th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDT[] Hi Friend, Oh, peaches! I have to tell you, just for a moment, how much I love peaches. Really, all stone fruit. OK. Just about all summer fruit. (Is there a summer fruit I don't like? I'll have to think about that.) Throughout the year, I'm a be ...
Wealth, Relationality, and Weaving into the Web of Life
August 23rd, 2025 at 10:00 am EDT[] Hi Friend, I was so excited when the book Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva came out. After hearing him speak in a packed Brooklyn bookstore, I bought his book and read it quickly. Here was an indigenous man who had worked inside philanthro ...