Practice: Savor Sacred Poetry
In celebration of poetry as spiritual practice, we invite you to join us in this practice from our friends at Spirituality & Practice.
In the clatter and clamor of our lives, we need ways to connect deeply with our souls. Whenever we feel depleted, our favorite poets invariably refresh and refuel us.
Practice: Destroy the Lens of Pessimism
Hurry: A poem from the Afghan Women's Writing Project
Practice: A Mind Without Fear
Where the Mind Is Without Fear
Practice: Stillness
In stillness there is richness—a richness of attention, timelessness, connection, possibility, peace. Carving out moments to quiet the noise of modern llfe or the tensions of this political moment can feel illusive. Yet, it is in just a moment we can disappear into the miracle of the sun peeking through a bank of clouds, or the breath that animates us. Pablo Neruda invites us to “count to twelve and…all keep still.” Regardless of language or difference, he calls us to inhabit “a delicious moment” allowing for the possibility of compassion and connection.
A Homily in the Church of Baseball
I love this game. I really do.
For instance,
I love the shape, the geometry of the game—so clean, so precise,
60 feet 6 inches exactly from the pitcher’s mound to home plate.
I love the beauty of a baseball diamond.
No warlike football territories that need to be defended and conquered
But a round white pitcher’s mound, and miles and miles of green, green grass.
And the trinity of bases, or
the stages of my life may be—from youth to adulthood to old age