Our Writings

I was very struck lately by Susan Cain’s observation that Darwin has been readily misinterpreted. She notes that perhaps his […]

Last week, using the image of tears, we suggested that there is a place within us that is deeper than […]

In the last while, we have spoken of the difference between life scripts we inherit from without and our true […]

Last week we mentioned the importance of discovering what we have called a true story–a true image of who we […]

Last week, we spoke of imagination as a gateway to freedom. Imagination does so by opening up alternatives, new possibilities, in […]

Many years ago, when my children were small, I came across a bookmark that really resonated with me. It was […]

We have spoken lately of the inseparable joy and sorrow, fear and love, labour and rest, darkness and light that […]

Along with Leonard Cohen, one of my favourite singers has been Louis Armstrong. In the past few days, I listened […]

Last week we mentioned that our life includes both joys and sorrows, winters and springs, darkness and light, storms and […]

Last week we referred to the stories, The Wizard of Oz and The Secret Garden. The first story especially illustrates […]

Last week, we mentioned the story, The Wizard of Oz. It illustrates how the longing for understanding (scarecrow), love (tin […]

Last week’s reflection spoke of listening gently to our own feelings. Even our difficult feelings, such as anger, indicate that […]

Last week we spoke of listening both to oneself and to one another. And of listening from the core or […]

Last week, we spoke of the eyes through which we look at life, where we see from and how we […]

As you may suspect from my references to Winnie the Pooh, I have found very valuable, the brief words of wisdom […]

Last week, I wrote about the possibility that the underlying energy in the universe is love energy, illustrated from a […]

When I wrote last week about contact with the spirit horses, I was struck both about our inseparable connection with […]

Yesterday, a small group of us had an experience, that was outside of the everyday routine, and resulted in a […]

Last week, we spoke of our need to belong, and that it is a need to belong in our very […]

Last week we referred to Gabor Mate, who says that the need to belong, especially in a child, can, at […]

Last week we suggested that we can experience gratitude for life, for our own life as well as for the […]

In speaking of kindness last week, a quotation from the late educator, John Holt, came to mind. I looked it […]

We have most recently spoken of vulnerability and of healing. Vulnerability involves an awareness of the possibility of being hurt, […]

As you know, I am fascinated with the etymology or roots of words, one of which is healing, the counterpart […]

Last week we wrote about fear and anger, and how beneath them are the deeper realities of our longing for […]

This week I would like to consider the experiences of fear and anger and suggest possible ways to respond to […]

I have been speaking lately of a way of interpreting our life experience as a gift and call to bring […]

Last week, in light of the story of The Old Man and His Grandson, we suggested a way of interpreting […]

I mentioned before that I have been teaching a five-week class on folk tales. This past week we looked at […]

We have been speaking of words, especially in images and stories. We have mentioned how these speak to our heart. […]

During the last two weeks, I have been teaching a course of folk tales which, like the ancient mythologies, draw […]

We have often spoken of story and retold many stories in our weekly reflections. We might recall again that, in […]

Last week, I referred to an interview in which children’s book author, Kate DiCamillo said that life is chaos and […]

Last week, I spoke, in part , of the meaning of the Greek word, alethia, and the Latin word, revelatio. […]

The long months of the pandemic have not only been an unfamiliar experience for many, but have often created a […]

We spoke last week of the notion of home as a place, chiefly within the heart or sacred core of […]

We have spoken many times of the notion of home, and that it essentially means being at home to ourselves […]

In the Greek myth of King Oedipus, as portrayed in the play by Sophocles, there is a moment when a […]

We have often spoken of our story and last week spoke of our inner story, the inner world of our […]

I listened this week to an interview with the late John O’Donohue, who was a poet, philosopher, and theologian, who […]

This past week I heard an interesting interview, made some years back, with Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, who […]

I heard an interesting broadcast from the BBC World Service this week. It featured the response of a Buddhist nun, […]

The last time we mentioned how the beauty of a work of any art, from story to sculpture, or the […]

The poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, wrote a poem about contemplating a statue of Apollo, the ancient Greek god and symbol […]

As we mentioned previously, the story of Snow White raises the question of how we respond to the red emotions, […]

The last time, at the winter solstice, we spoke of light and darkness. While light usually is treated as more […]

“There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” This is one of my favourite […]

We have spoken often of our unique identity and of the sacred worth of each person and all that is. […]

Last week, we spoke of our unique identity, using the image of the unique song that is each of us. […]

I was very struck lately by Susan Cain’s observation that Darwin has been readily misinterpreted. She notes that perhaps his […]

Last week, using the image of tears, we suggested that there is a place within us that is deeper than […]

In the last while, we have spoken of the difference between life scripts we inherit from without and our true […]

Last week we mentioned the importance of discovering what we have called a true story–a true image of who we […]

Last week, we spoke of imagination as a gateway to freedom. Imagination does so by opening up alternatives, new possibilities, in […]

Many years ago, when my children were small, I came across a bookmark that really resonated with me. It was […]

We have spoken lately of the inseparable joy and sorrow, fear and love, labour and rest, darkness and light that […]

Along with Leonard Cohen, one of my favourite singers has been Louis Armstrong. In the past few days, I listened […]

Last week we mentioned that our life includes both joys and sorrows, winters and springs, darkness and light, storms and […]

Last week we referred to the stories, The Wizard of Oz and The Secret Garden. The first story especially illustrates […]