Jennifer

Hope

The island of Maui is my home, and where there has been devastating wildfires and catastrophic loss of life this month. The grief and shock are profound, and it will be a long recovery.* In the wake of that disaster there has been such an overwhelming and moving outpouring of support and Aloha from within …

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Becoming

In this mid-winter moment, I’m reflecting on the ancient feast of Imbulc. Meaning ‘in the belly’, it is a celebration of the pregnant moment of promise, the coming of new life and the return to the light. It is the the turning of the season toward spring, as yet unmanifest and unborn. In the natural …

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Beginning Again

It has been quite a year! In my life, that hasn’t taken the shape of a lot of exterior changes, but an onslaught of internal shifts ushered in by health challenges –  lessons like patience, perseverance and humility have been my focus of ‘ wisdom study’.  The kind of shifts that tend to presage exterior …

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The Key

In a dream I had recently, I was given a key. Someone handed it to me as an answer to a question. Some of the details have faded, but the gist of it was I needed some help with something and didn’t know how to proceed.  I stood there in a questioning state, wondering what …

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Faith

What is faith? Some use the word to refer to a set of beliefs that they adhere to or live by. Others consider that it is something akin to trust or hope. I find myself leaning into faith so much lately, and, in turn, deepening my understanding of it. For me, faith is not at …

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Spring Renewal

This weekend is a confluence of Holy Holidays, the time of renewal and rising. The word Easter comes from the German ‘Eostre’, the ancient goddess of spring, fertility and beginnings, the freshness and possibility of the new season. Nature tells this story every year, blossoming in all her verdant glory. In this season of resurrection, …

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