Healing the Country
Our long difficult year of pandemic isolation seems to be drawing to a close. I’ve been led to look hard, and hopefully kindly, on all I’ve learned. What and whom do I wish to hold close to the center of …
Read MoreIt is the darkest season here in the northern hemisphere and the longest night of the year. And oh, what a year. We lurch towards the new year, barely allowing ourselves to hope it will slowly relax the stranglehold on …
Read MorePenny’s sermon this morning responds to these very fraught times in the country, A Time to Grieve and a Time to Plant.
In your comment, it would be wonderful if you would please include which seed you plan to plant …
Read MoreThis is a profound opportunity to deepen our understanding of some fundamental realities of the United States. Let me explain, please. But first, let’s remember, we are worn out, thread bare, disappointed, stunned, and afraid. And much more. Why were …
Read MoreGreetings, dear friends, at this auspicious moment of Equinox and the Days of Awe. My heart’s prayer is that we may recognize our many failures as citizens of this blessed earth and find our way to building communities fit to …
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Greetings, dear friends around the world! We are a global network, enriched by our shared concerns about our world. My book What in The World Is Going On? is dedicated to “all those who hold the world …
Read MoreHello, everyone…I was invited to preach at St Johns UCC Church here on Madeline Island last Sunday. I gave a talk on welcoming our grief, for in our grief we also will find the seeds of kindness and healing. This …
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April 7, 2020
Good morning, Manjushri Sir: I come to you in the midst of so many cross cutting pressures and questions and confusions. Kwan Yin suggested I invite you to offer me a Teaching, perhaps about the situation …
Read MoreA Teaching from Manjushri
As received by Penny Gill, March 16, 2020
Oh, Manjushri Sir: it has been a long time since I asked for a session with you. Today I come, because our world is in chaos, largely self-generated …
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