I begin

Glimmers

Dear Friends, A new year, a new beginning, at least in my little world at Lake Beseck. The holidays, come and go with their own special rhythms, and now it is January. Here in New England, we sink into deep darkness and stunning cold…

January 16, 2022

January 6

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  Dear Friends, As January 6, 2022 approaches, I seek to reclaim the understanding of January 6 that I used to share with my young sons – 30 plus years ago. In the Christian tradition, January 6 is Epiphany. This is the day we…

January 5, 2022

A Time for Trust…

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  “You’ve got to trust this God who doesn’t tell you in advance what the future’s going to be. He doesn’t tell you. And that’s the contract. Once you say yes, then you begin to find out. It begins to make sense. It begins…

December 6, 2021

Attending to Loss – receiving support

Glimmers

Dear Friends, A new day…we step into the 2021 holiday season with open eyes. Last year’s November and December changed us, as we learned to cherish what we held most dear. With Thanksgiving around the corner, Christmas and Hanukkah coming soon, perhaps our hearts…

November 18, 2021

Attending to Loss – asking for prayer

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  Dear Friends, For those of you who know me through my work in loss and grief, you know about the Land Of Loss. This image, and the travels through it, are how I understand the powerful experience of loss, change, grief and transformation.…

November 7, 2021

A Hopeful Heart

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Dear Friends,    The light is fading here in New England, leaves are scattered everywhere and we’re entering a new season of our lives. I am grateful for the distinct seasonal changes in nature that support the shifts and movements within. As I settle…

October 29, 2021

Reclaiming Wonder

Glimmers

  Dear Friends, Loss diminishes our sense of wonder. Loss causes us to doubt that joy could ever be felt again. And if we do feel better, sometime in that far-away-future, its been so long we may not weave the strands of Loss and…

September 30, 2021

Moving Forward into Mystery

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    Dear Friends,        I have been experiencing this Summer as a time of passage. I bet many of us have. Our year of pandemic lockdown, with the ongoing transitions and adjustments, has been so challenging. It feels like I have…

August 25, 2021

A new day, with friends by my side

Glimmers

Dear Friends,    You’ve been in my heart these recent weeks, forgive my delay in writing this month’s Glimmer. Call it Summer fun, call it Covid ennui, call it I’m-in-the-middle-of-a-17-book-series-about-Maisie-Dobbs-and-I can’t-stop-reading-! But as July comes to a close, I think of you with such…

July 30, 2021

Learning the Language of Love

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  Dear Friends,    We’ve traveled through many topics these years together: loss, hope, authenticity, trust. Before and during the pandemic, we have considered the stories that teach us about ourselves, people and the world around us. Today, as June unfolds in it’s own…

June 25, 2021