Hello all, Thank you for confirming your interest in traveling ahead with me, I will have more to say about the Turquoise and Lavender Institute in a day or two, But today... I want to share how heavy my heart feels as I reflect upon the abuses of power that are simply taking us over. Everywhere we turn there is someone who seems to have heard the mistaken message that power brings with it the right to control, manage or mis-manage and abuse others for the sake of the abusers

I watched her, week after week, sitting at the kitchen table meticulously doing schoolwork that was to be sent to Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas where she was a student working on her degree in education. This was before computers and distance learning. She was doing college level work through what was called a correspondence program. Melissa Alberta Jackson Meeks Later the college offered classes in a nearby town which was about twenty-five miles from o

“If we are strong enough to be weak enough, we are given a wound that never heals. It is the gift that keeps the heart open” The Invitation by Oriah It is hard to stare pain in the face—emotional or physical—but life will not be fully lived until we come to terms with suffering and that it is an inescapable fact of life on the planet. The effort to escape has led us to this very strange place of seeking to stay numb enough not to notice. Addictions, violence, runaway material

“I feel that the dormant goodwill in people needs to be stirred. People need to hear that it makes sense to behave decently or to help others, to place common interests above their own, to respect the elementary rules of human coexistence.” ― Vaclav Havel I am not a Cheney family fan. For the most part I was not in support of anything that Dick Cheney had to say when he was in public life and quite frankly, I had not paid much attention to his daughter, Liz Cheney, until she

A few days ago, I watched a wonderful movie that explored many of our human issues related to faith, doubt, fear, brokenness, failure, survival, and death. One of the characters spoke about being,” in love with hope.” This idea really struck a chord with me as I reflect upon the many challenges we face in this present moment as we work to stay grounded in hope. The idea of falling in love with hope reminds to think about what it is like to fall in love with something or som

Violence- “the intentional use of physical force or [abusive] power, threatened or actual, against oneself, or another person, a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm or maldevelopment” World Health Organization Amidst the passionate conversation that is ensuing following the Will Smith and Chris Rock encounter at the Oscars, it seems fitting to reflect a bit upon that event and some of the thre