Stillness is one of my favorite spiritual practices. I find it to be one of life’s most wonderful experiences. In stillness I find refreshment, my voice, my interconnection with all of life, and the source of creative expression. …

For the past sixteen years I’ve lived in a small town eleven miles west of Boston. For the first thirteen of those years I commuted into Boston five or six days a week, worked long hours, and knew the roads that led in and out of Boston better than I knew my neighbors. …

As I began reading Sallie McFague’s The Body of God the image of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man captured my imagination. It was amazing to me how quickly I could accurately visualize da Vinci’s drawing when I read McFague’s reference, “The classic organic model is expressed in the phrase ‘the church as the body of Christ’ and pictured in Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing of a male figure with arms and legs outstretched to the four corners of the cosmos.” By the time I finished reading the section, “The Classic Organic Model,” my mind was swirling with different interpretations of his image. …

The legislative season just concluding July 31, 2008 at the State House in Massachusetts produced a bumper crop of new environmental legislation. Five different bills passed. This is big! Huge, in fact. It represents a fresh and progressive approach that simultaneously addresses conservation, technology – renewable energy, and a green economy. As a newcomer to the environmental advocacy work I stand in awe of what has been accomplished. …

I confess I really didn’t know how electricity was created before I saw the movie, “Kilowatt Ours” by Jeff Barrie. Along with how my car, refrigerator, computer, and phone work I’ve taken electricity for granted and been grateful that it all just works. I had no idea that electricity was generated primarily by burning coal or from nuclear power. Oops. …

Inspiration House climbed it for the climate last Saturday, July 14!  We hiked Crotched Mountain, a kindly mountain with three peaks and many open vistas in southern New Hampshire, as part of a Step It Up 2007 activity to create awareness of the need to reduce our carbon emissions.  Most of the hikers were [...]