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Gratefulness
Faith is a vast concept which, in our lives and in the world, expresses itself in myriad ways. No matter our faith tradition, or whether we have something we would call a faith tradition, we all live informed by some degree of faith in what we cannot see, cannot reason, and cannot know. Brother David refers to faith as “courageous trust,” and believes that gratefulness is at the heart of all religions. This definition of faith can pertain to trusting in life itself, and/or it can refer to trusting in the Source of life, or in the Spirit which holds all of life. Regardless, the definition of faith which informs our work holds an essential respect for all faiths, and is a wide, inclusive embrace for the beauty and mystery of its expression. Deepening our faith means expanding our hearts and what they can hold.
Grateful living calls us to actively engage with faith and courageous trust in life. We sit with faith when we enter stillness, when we are in awe, and when we act with love. There is something greater than our current circumstances that we can imagine, and we make ourselves willing to surrender to, rather than control, life in these times. On a committed path, we want to deepen our exploration of faith because we recognize its nourishment and many gifts. Poet Rabindranath Tagore said beautifully, “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” And faith allows us to sing from our branch at simply the prospect of a new morn.
In our innermost heart we can tap a source of power strong enough to counteract…
I grew up in a family that did not tell the story. I am listening…
Let plain things please you again and every ordinary Monday. Bean soup in a white…
May we come together after so many bitter words and such division. May our minds…
This is not a time of mere change. This is a time of transformation, and…
The water is one thing, and one thing for miles. The water is one thing,…
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When the usual scaffolding of our lives has been dismantled, when the comforting routines that…
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We offer these blessings, prayers and invocations for meal times, gatherings and grateful living…
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To pray you open your whole self To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon…
This morning it was fluency, the title of a poem I found in a book…
In the face of ongoing racism and oppression, polarization, and human-caused destruction of the Earth,…
You are not fifteen, or twelve, or seventeen— You are a hundred wild centuries And…
And the body is holding its losses like a fist. And a fleshy hope is…
We can’t believe our luck: to have found this pair of pears on the ground…
Here in our Stories of Grateful Living, we honor the voices of our community as…
When the light around you lessens And your thoughts darken until Your body feels fear…
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We are delighted to announce the release of Kristi Nelson’s book Wake Up Grateful