Thank you. Seriously. For allowing me to have generous time off this summer, to breathe, to replenish, to regain perspective, to listen to wise and entertaining voices on podcasts, audio recordings, and on film. And to read and reflect, connect with family and friends, and to sit and pay attention to my body, to my … Continue reading Returning, with gratitude
(Part 3 of 3 – continuing the December and January Musings): If I had to point to one practice that’s most fundamental to my own spiritual well being, I would have to say: Sleep. For decades I treated sleep as the uninvited guest crashing my party of life, readily ignored, rarely appreciated. Embracing sleep as … Continue reading How is your daily practice?
(Part 2 of 3) Last month’s musings talked about the importance of warm-ups – whether for sports, music, oratory, or worship. And I tried to make the case that we ought to take equally seriously warm-ups for the most important activity of the day – being the human being we aspire to be. Most of us are committed to … Continue reading Spiritual Warm-up: Setting Intentions
What is joy, and where does it come from? Is it necessarily fleeting, a height we cannot realistically hope to maintain, or can it be a daily disposition, the ground in which we plant ourselves? I believe that joy – both the dizzying kind and the more ordinary experiences of happiness and contentment – is a side effect of … Continue reading An Ode to Joy
While our minister, Rev. Michael Leuchtenberger, is on sabbatical, we will fill our Musings space with insights from our members. By Barbara Keshen If I had thought about it at the time, I probably would not have agreed to write Musings in the middle of December. Truth be told, even in the best of times, … Continue reading A Grateful Humbug
