Daily Connector | Screeching to a halt | Julie Hart
I recently returned from two demanding months of service/volunteer work with asylum seekers in San Antonio, TX. Phil and I arrived home the day before the national State of Emergency for the coronavirus. It’s been an abrupt change of pace, a kind of screeching to a halt of life as…
Daily Connector | A new kinda hustle | Jenny Campagna
I am counseling from home via telehealth exclusively which means I get to see my clients’ spaces and meet their dogs and cats like I used to do when I was an intensive home based therapist. I am also spending time in the virtual world with loved ones. Included is…
Building a fence, and a door
This past weekend Abbie and I put up a garden fence. It’s pretty big: 50 x 50 feet, 7 ½ feet tall. The goal is to keep the deer and other critters out. Inside the fence we’re hoping to grow what we can: some perennials – rhubarb, asparagus, berries and…
This Lenten fast
Although the world has change drastically in the last three weeks, it’s still Lent. The season began on Ash Wednesday when we gathered in the sanctuary – in-person! – and shared in the imposition of ashes on one another’s foreheads. We recited the ancient words: “Remember that you are dust,…
“Deepening relationships” and “Social distancing”
These past few days have been characterized by a couple different phrases potentially, but not necessarily, at odds with each other. On Saturday the CMC Leadership Team met for our annual visioning retreat (once you do it a second year it becomes annual, right?). After some reflection on the…
