This posting is an insurance policy, designed to pre-empt any potential moments in the upcoming year when you might forget who you are, or get sidetracked by self-doubt. Hang it… Read More

Today is January 1, 2010.  Every year there are two invitations in the calendar to reflect on the year and start fresh: Rosh Hashanah and the Gregorian New Year, which… Read More

I just finished reading a wonderful and poignant book about loss, renewal, community and family called Here if You Need Me.  The author, Kate Braestrup, is a Unitarian minister and a chaplain for… Read More

I got a phone call today from my oldest goddaughter, who is now 30 years old and the mother of four children. It has been quite a few years since… Read More

I received two poems this week from friends about the cartography of our lives. One is a Passover poem by Alla Bozarth-Campbell (one of the earliest female priests ordained by… Read More