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by Joni Grady Sunday, January 30, 2012 I’m going to talk about webs of life, at least 4 of them, and a period of time spanning 350 million years. That these webs grew and spread and intersected and finally became so inextricably mixed that I wonder if they can ever be separated, is one of the great ironies of my life. The first interdependent web that concerns us is the one that existed at least 350 million years ago when the world had erupted with life on land and sea. T

December 2, 2012 by Keo Cavalcanti Taoism has been my practice for almost 25 years, almost half of my life. The centerpiece of this practice is a little book, the Tao Te Ching , written some 2, 500 years ago (for those interested in a good translation, I recommend the edition translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, published by Vintage Books). There are other Taoist writings that are part of the Chinese collection of philosophical classics, but the Tao Te Ching is centra

October 21, 2012 by Richard Wolf Two decades ago, in the mountains of North Carolina, I worked with two Mayan day-keepers.  I learned a time-keeping system for interpreting 13 tones and 20 glyphs, counting in concurrent cycles, within constructs of larger numbered patterns.  As with western astrology, one can look to the tone and glyph of one’s birth date for clues as to identity, orientation, or mission.  My entry count and glyph are 2 – Cimi.  This date signifies a polariz

October 14, 2012 by Noel Levan Each week I sit with people who are at odds with one another, in my capacity as a mediator at the Fairfield Center downtown. I listen intently as they lambast one another, accuse one another, deride, demean, power-trip, and so much less frequently collaborate for their mutual well-being and the well-being of their children. The relationship that they once en-joyed having gone south, will never return. I see all too frequently that these individ

September 23 2012 by H. B. Cavalcanti All preaching is an exercise in metaphorical analysis. We compare things similar in some ways but dissimilar in others; hoping that in sorting out the differences we may derive some insight and wisdom for the journey. This morning, I want to invite you look at your life as a garden. Clearly, this comparison has clear limitations - our lives are far more important than a small patch of land. But there are parallels too intriguing for us to