Tag Archive for: spirituality

Words from Rosemary Ruether, 1936-2022

" ... we can be confident that our creative work will be nourishing to the community of life, even as we relinquish our small self back into the great Self."

The Hum of It All: a Kirkus review

Here is a review of my 2017 collection. I called this third volume of poems "The Hum of It All" to indicate a unifying process in my life.

Engaging older life in creative ways

"Aging as a Spiritual Journey" was my first major foray into the challenges and promise of growing older. This study encouraged all of us to engage in older life in newly creative ways.

We Side with the Morning

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Summertime in Athens is a season to think about the relation of nature to the spirit. Everything is at its fullest and greenest, and at this age I find great comfort in seeing the natural world at its most complete.

Good Friday, Easter, and transcendent unity

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I've often noted that the arc of my life follows a path from sky to earth religion. The natural world has often been a portal to edges of the transcendent.