The solstice has passed, and it is officially Autumn, not my favorite season. How do I welcome a change of seasons I don’t like and what does that have to do with worship? Personally, I really like heat and light, the more the better. Warm sun on my skin, light clothing, bright colors, watersports, travel....Read More
Our bodies are not passive in rituals; they are active, and that increases the transforming power of rituals. In my sabbatical-ending ritual, I used physical things in a smaller, manageable system (candles on a table) to act out what was occurring in my larger, less manageable life: a transition from sabbatical to teaching. Scientists have...Read More
I lost my job last month. I knew I would lose it two months prior. In fact, it was years of a slow fade and a slow demise that led to the closing of the University where I worked for 21 years. I prepared myself for this possibility. But when it came, when it was...Read More
