28 January 2021

LEO full moon

All Full Moons offer us a chance to reflect on the growth of the seed planted at the previous New Moon. This Leo Full Moon is the offshoot of the intense Capricorn New Moon which was conjunct Pluto, a New Moon that called for soul growth and evolution. ~ Cathy Pagano - The Cosmic Story


The seeds we planted can bring about personal and cultural transformation and intense change. It won’t happen this week or even this year, but we are preparing the ground for it.

Instead of working to heal the Earth for future generations, bringing our infrastructure online with clean energy, creating jobs which pay a living wage, we get into inane ideological arguments that have spilled over into outright rage and rebellion. 

We, the People, have to find a better way. Because if we don’t, nothing changes.

Wonder Woman 1984 movie poster

When I saw Wonder Woman 1984, I wasn’t exactly sure what it was supposed to be about. And then I realized that it was about how America was turned into a consumer society back in the 80s, when corporations steered our focus onto all our petty desires to the exclusion of the greater good. The corporate message was: if you just buy enough things, you’ll be happy (and they get wealthier).

But we didn’t get happier. Instead, we became a nation of consumers, who are never satisfied, but who feel entitled and exceptional. And instead of planning for a better future, we chose our own immediate gratification over the well-being of our children’s children’s future.

What if we decide to be restore instead of consume?

19 January 2021

Jesus the Christ

Most know who Jesus was, but who was the Christ? Is the word simply Jesus' last name? Too often, Rohr writes, "our understandings have been limited by culture, religious squabbling, and the human tendency to put ourselves at the center."

Jesus was called "Christ"

Father Richard Rohr is a Franciscan friar, wisdom teacher, and founder of 
Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He founded the center because he saw a deep need for the integration of both action and contemplation.


"It took me longer to write this than any book before. I want people to recognize something that is thoroughly biblical, but never the mainline tradition. What I’m trying to say for most of you will sound very new and very different." 


Richard Rohr on The Universal Christ, 2018


This hour-long video provides a deeper exploration into the Universal Christ. Father Richard delivers a framework for reading Scripture and understanding church history that demonstrates how these ideas have been a part of the Christian tradition since the beginning.


Christ is not an individual, Christ is a collective - Oneness. Learn more about the Universal Christ at https://universalchrist.cac.org/

11 January 2021

seeds planted

Retaining and sustaining our natural rhythms is best achieved by aligning and connecting with nature. Had we maintained and honored this relationship more we most likely would be living in a better balanced and healthier world. 

68 Voices, 68 Hearts by Gabriella Badillo