Place Keepers

Tough conversations get easier with practice, and part of my practice is to write things down. Here are two new statements on the issue of memorials to Confederate leaders.

Just as rain falls on both the just and unjust, spiritual authority may fall on both the obedient and the rebellious. The nature of power and authority is one of the key issues of any age -- as is our response to it.

Celtic spirituality retreats and workshops from Georgia to Vermont, Sep-Nov 2016

I wanted to write about Patrick:
How he lay between Ireland and home,
    between captivity and destiny,
    in a desert land,
Famished, having refused wild honey
    because it had been offered
    to unknown gods ....

The Washington, DC, area has tons of events for those who want to explore Celtic spirituality -- worship, seminars, workshops -- even a Lenten series. Here's our grand list, through May 2013.

Feeling grateful? Or, maybe you're not sure what you're feeling as the holidays approach? Now is the time for a labyrinth walk! You can walk at your own pace and for your own reasons, without any fear of "doing it wrong", because whatever way you choose to walk the labyrinth will be just right for you. 

To mark the passing of each season in its turn is a way of affirming the ebb and flow of life and recognizing that we each have more islands to visit, more thresholds to cross before we finally reach Home. May all your harvests be gathered in safely and your fires kindled to welcome whoever knocks at the door. 

Here's a question I never expected to be answering: “How do I go about finding holy water?” It came from a newcomer to the Céile Dé tradition, in which we use water to bless ourselves as part of our daily meditation practice.