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We all want to make good decisions, ones that will shape our lives well. We want to make our choices carefully and wisely. If we’re honest with ourselves, we know we can use some help. We need assistance in clearly seeing the way to go. We also need help understanding all the complexities of our decision making. In a way this a sacred process, one that treats our life choices as precious. We…

Curated crystals & stones for sacred practices.

Rituals have been intertwined with celebrations, rites of passage and grief. Coming soon the Shoppe at Watershed Ways will be offering an array of curated crystals and stones.

Published in Western Friend, March / April 2024 Golden marigolds and brilliant spices lined the streetsas we wandered through cities and villages acrossfive states of Northern India. Our Friend Tracy Daviswas leading us on a tour of religious exploration. We werea group of seminary students from Earlham School ofReligion, traveling in 2019 with our beloved professorLonnie Valentine and his wife…

On Wild, Courageous Gratitude

Psalm 83

I heard your voice as I sat inside my loneliness. You reminded me I was not alone. From being divided from my courage, I found my own powerful voice. You are not a green leaf blown by the slightest breeze. You are the untamed wind itself. In finding my original wildness, I reunited with the One.(Dwight Wilson, Modern Psalms: In Search of Peace and Justice, p 130, 2017, Friends United…

One Body on the Border

“…may there be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.”

1 Corinthians 12:26-27

A Friend has been working with her community on the very challenging question of how they are dealing with diversity and differences. This community has been…

This message brought to you by the Light

Moving into this season of preparation, for the beautiful winter season, for the coming of our Christ child, we have been exploring a series on fostering an intimate relationship with the Light. Advent is the season of preparing for the Light. But last night as I made the final turn toward preparing to speak at my Quaker Meeting, I experienced a rising message.  The Light asked me to bring…

Of Bayonets & Grace

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  Of Bayonets and Grace

Isaiah 1:17 learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.

As we come to another autumn and approach the U.S holiday of Veterans day, I find myself reflecting on how we in the U.S. advocate for peace when more than half, 54%, of our federal budget, is allocated for war.

Veteran’s Day was…

Love Across Differences Makes a Difference

R. Thomas Browning was a fighter pilot, prisoner of war for more than six years in Vietnam, a brigadier general in the Airforce and a civic leader. He had a reserved smile, a steady, measuring gaze and usually wore crisp blue suits. I am a Quaker, entrepreneur and a passionate justice worker with an eye for fashion art and, who knows, might show up with an auburn streak through my hair.

Our diffe…

Portrait in Courage: A Celtic Warrior of a Gentle Sort

Handmade Aran sweaters in Ireland led us to her. My husband Dan and I combed charity shops to find a well-loved, handmade sweater. Our search uncovered many interesting items, but not a single shop that held the treasure we were looking for!  It took the Wi-Fi connection in our cottage in a small County Donegal village to finally lead us to the most innovative knitter in Ireland- Rosaleen…

At a recent Quaker Meeting where I was speaking, I offered images of liminal spaces that are forever present in our lives if we pay attention. These liminal encounters can be communion with the Divine in spacious silence, a tender moment with another person, special pet or favorite tree where time stands still, and light and love illuminate, just for an instant, what feels like a freeze-framed…

It’s an Inside Job

My first blog generated interesting questions foremost of which:  What is watershed change and what do I mean when I say watershed change of consciousness is possible?

The term has been used to describe dynamic change, turning-point moments. For instance, a major revolution in medicine was the development of modern antibiotics. This watershed moment made it possible for people to survive…