The Buddhist teacher, Ajahn Jotipālo writes: Ajahn Sucitto once said that we often think of patience as waiting for change. I will endure this situation, gritting my teeth, until it changes. Certainly, we might want a painful situation to change, but with true patience, according to Ajahn Sucitto, it’s more like thinking, I will be with … Continue reading Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!

As we enter another season of Advent, we pause to consider the spiritual challenges of “waiting”.  In their book, Discernment, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Michael J. Christensen, Rebecca J. Laird write, “Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things that … Continue reading Thoughts on Waiting

Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday by exploring the role of origin stories and how the one popularized in our country about Thanksgiving might better be understood.  What shall we offer in thanksgiving this year? How shall we remember our history?  What does our faith tradition offer us as we … Continue reading A New Narrative of Thanks