by Mary Martin | Jul 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’m inspired by today’s commemoration of Independence Day in one big land –the land where where I was born & raised, thanks to courageous grandparents — to consider Interdependence Day for us all. Every day. Maybe these COVID times are...
by Mary Martin | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Tell me, what would you do today if you knew your life to be a celebration of this world? ~Bernadette Miller
by Mary Martin | Jun 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world. –Mary Oliver
by Mary Martin | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
I cannot tell you what lies ahead, but I can tell you, you are free to open your heart to peace, no matter your uncertainty. You are free to hold both joy and sorrow. You are free to challenge yourself while also being gentle with yourself. There is more than...
by Mary Martin | Jun 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Mother Teresa diagnosed the world’s ills in this way: we’ve “forgotten that we belong to each other.” Kinship is what happens to us when we refuse to let that happen. With kinship as the goal, other essential things fall into place; without it, no justice, no peace. I...
by Mary Martin | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Since suffering as well as joy comes with being human, I urge you to remember this: Violence is what happens when we don’t know what else to do with our suffering. – Parker Palmer
