Before the COVID-19 lockdown, I had the privilege of serving a women’s jail, offering one-on- one spiritual companionship and Sunday worship. I have missed this community and look forward to returning. It is a powerful experience to set an altar in a jail…
Read MoreOne of the significant losses experienced during our global pandemic is that of communal singing. In feeling this loss, we recognize the gift we may have sometimes taken for granted. While many have done their best to keep us singing together…
Read MoreStillpoint is growing. And because we are growing so has our staff. We have been gifted with the presence of Chris Ng, Krystle Hart, Dana Cagle and Ravi Verma and now Colleen joins us as our new Associate Program Director.
Read MoreWhat is pandemic life teaching me about myself, about my communities, about my world? I asked this often in the first few months of the COVID lockdown. And then I had to ask myself as months turned into a year. What is the pandemic teaching us now?
Read MoreGrowing up my family had the ritual, like many, of praying before we ate dinner. It was called, saying grace. Such a lovely phrase, saying grace. I didn’t experience as saying grace then but more like…
Read MoreRecently, a friend told me she gets her news from the poets these days. Here’s some news that I’ve been tuned into from Wendell Berry…
Read More“We are in trouble because we do not have a good story,” Catholic priest and evolutionary theologian Thomas Berry often said. “We are between stories. The old story is no longer effective. Yet we have not learned ‘the new story.’
I can’t say I have had much use for pearls in my life, but the creation process of a pearl is precious to me. Pearls and their beauty come into being at a great price. I believe this is why Jesus used the pearl in his wisdom teachings.
Read MoreThe title of psychologist Eugene Gendlin’s book, Focusing, is the word he coined for a practice used in his therapy. In his years of counseling, he noticed the important feelings deep within us, and the wisdom they have to share.
Read MoreIt is customary at this time of year for Stillpoint to make its Annual Appeal for donations. We are grateful for the support we receive, and without it we cannot do our work. This year, however, is different.
Read MoreI recently took some time to wander in the canyon near where I live. I was feeling the need to leave the confines of the pandemic hermitage of my home and go to a spacious place to let my spirit take in the vast expanse of the planet in hopes of feeling the breath of God on me.
Read MoreThe Desert Mothers and Fathers, Christian monastics of the fourth and fifth centuries, followed a custom of welcoming seekers who came to them asking for a word… of advice, of counsel, a word to take home and reflect on.
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