
Julian on Surviving a Pandemic
Julian’s first advice about surviving a pandemic is not to deny the suffering that accompanies it. No denial! But her second advice and medicine for
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Julian’s first advice about surviving a pandemic is not to deny the suffering that accompanies it. No denial! But her second advice and medicine for
To speak of goodness is to speak of hope. That is why Julian grounded her theology in a time of Europe’s most severe pandemic, in
This question arose for me on MLK Jr day this week when I heard the new poet laureate of San Francisco speak about his role
For my part, the inaugural festivities of yesterday did not disappoint. I recall many years ago, when I was in my early twenties and JFK
A new administration, committed to competence and caring, with leadership by a president-elect who is very experienced in national government and a vice president-elect who
The time of an inauguration of a new president and vice president is a commencement—a beginning, and with a new beginning there arises hope. Fresh
To speak of wisdom is to demonstrate another direction humanity can move beyond the patriarchal stuckness of raw knowledge alone. Wisdom is what happens when
We have been meditating for over a week on the sad and dangerous happenings in the nation’s capital on January 6, Epiphany, 2021. We have
We saw yesterday that Julian, like Aquinas before her and like Genesis one, finds a deep and primary goodness in nature. She frequently refers to
Recently, Rabbi Michael Lerner offered a reminder that “Hanukkah is not just for Jews.” I agree. Great feast days of all the world’s religions invariably
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