Last week in our Spirit Play class we told the story of the Good Samaritan. I love this version of our story as the end is a reflection about who was a good neighbor. The character of the traveler is shown. “Who was the neighbor to this one?” We don’t […]
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This Sunday was the story of the Buddha and the Mustard Seed. In this story a mother brings her sick child to the Buddha to be healed, but the child is not sick, it has died. The Buddha tells the mother he can make a special medicine if she can […]
It’s been quite a fall. I moved in August, and due to work and scheduling I have already missed Spirit Play twice. I have missed writing this reflection a few more times than twice. And so I sit today wondering about the intersection of responsibility and grace. We begin again. […]
This week we gathered to learn the real story of St. Nicholas. My favorite line in the story is, “Nicholas was loved for one reason. He loved. He loved God and God’s people so much that he would do anything for them”. Nicholas was known and remembered for his great […]
This week’s reflection starts long before the classroom. I woke up Sunday morning and started my morning meditation. When it was time to wake up my children, I called to them through the door to their room so I wouldn’t have to open it and disturb the blanket fort they […]
After traveling and Easter and spring break, I was back in my classroom this week. Our story was the “Life Cycle of the Human Being”. We looked at pictures of people in different stages of life and thought about how we weren’t two any more. All of us are much […]
These past weeks have been a whirlwind. Even contemplative minded folks can get overwhelmed by the many demands of life and forget to pause, reflect and simply be. This has been my last few weeks in Spirit Play. There is so much to do. I have found that the change […]
Out Of a great need We are all holding hands And climbing. Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too Dangerous For That ~Hafiz Tonight I find myself in a still place. I am pondering how to love. I am pondering what it looks […]
Last week in my Spirit Play class, one of the children was working with the Celebration of New Lives story. This has been a popular story to work with in our class. The baby dolls in the story have been amply blessed with water and dirt making some fantastically muddy babies. The […]
So what to do when you realize that you aren’t so great at compassion…in fact that you have a big problem choosing to drink when you are thirsty? Since I am someone who wants to be better at choosing love and life, I sat with my Spiritual Director and subsequently […]