Creating Personal Altars
I have an altar space in my prayer corner in our living room. It is set on top of a beautiful old secretary desk that is from my father’s family and so in the last century and a half has traveled from Latvia to Vienna to New York to Sacramento to San Francisco to Berkeley […]
Ancestral Longings
Last Friday night I was with my women ministers’ circle, a wonderful place of support in my life. Our theme for the evening was sharing about our foremothers and telling stories about the women who came before us and showing pictures if we had them. It stirred in me several levels of revelation about the […]
Rule of Life
When I first began my doctoral studies in Christian spirituality I had no real fondness for monasticism, I didn’t really get it at the time. Despite having always had a very contemplative nature, I did not understand how monastics make a difference in the world. It was while studying for my history exam that I […]