Once again, the world acknowledges Mother Earth for one whole day, on Thursday, April 22. Every year I wonder and think, “Why one day, there are 365 days in a year?” Every day is Earth Day in my opinion.
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Re-Envisioning Community: Exploring Restorative Justice
“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” –—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Join us for a series of conversations with New Jersey advocates for restorative justice. Restorative justice is a set of principles and practices based on the...
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On That Note…
“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson No matter when the pandemic will be over (or at least sufficiently contained) and we can gather in person again, it is becoming more and more clear that life will not just go back to what it was....
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The Listening Booth
“Be aware of what you worship, because what you worship you are becoming.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson helps us clarify that what we give our hearts to deserves our best: “What you worship your are becoming.” Using the term God very loosely, I urge you ~ know what your God is; know what you worship. And, yes, we...
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Becoming
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death..” — Anais Nin When my kids were small, we used to spend time playing board games together. Me, being...
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Ostara & Commitment; Planting Seeds & Growing With Them
As Ostara approaches, my elder, the Rev. Foxxy (Sher) Pullen prepares the seeds for her garden. I think about this season and what this means. It is a commitment to grow a garden, especially from seed. One that we take from March until early October. We commit to helping Mother Nature nurture these plants. I...