Confident Knowing
Summer’s electricity jolts us forward. There, Moose bellows out a melancholy sound through fall’s vibrant colors, inviting us into winter...
Posts about Community
An Arm and a Leg
I’d give an arm and a leg. In the offbeat film, Don Juan DeMarco, Johnny Depp’s character, Don Juan, asked...
Upside Down
What if we walked through the pages of sacred text, allowing the stories to mirror our journeys? I imagine that...
To Be Whole
I had an insatiable desire for the Holy. I remember, as a teenager, reading Christian scripture and declaring with James...
Leaving
Because pioneering draws me, I have experience in leaving. Over the years, I have found remembering this one thing helpful....
Getting Hooked
Lightning flashed and thunder cracked. Shortly after, sirens blared, calling us inside, away from the debris sailing over our once...
Bullying
Authenticity is the thread that weaves through the entirety of my life’s work. Being authentic can mean doing the hard, persevering...
Burden Basket
One of the Native American teachings I’ve come to appreciate most is the Burden Basket. When we reach down inside...
Drumming Beat
I put one hand on my heart, the other, on top of the mesa. Lying on Mother Earth, I wondered...
Dreamtime
I breathed a prayer over our land, “How can I best be here, in the desert, with people more native...
Shape-Shifting
Shape-shifting Raven lifted me up and showed me how to clear a way through. If I would draw from lessons...
Safe Spaces
When I think of safe spaces, I begin by thinking back to adolescence, the year that our guest preacher was...