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• hope and other non-sequiturs

  A couple weeks ago I posted on hope   and posited some ideas about both some things that I don't hope for during these times, mostly that our lives return to what they were...and some things that I do hope for: a return to knowing that we don't want Read More... Posted Sunday, April 12, 2009 1:36 PM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, ancestors, connectivity, faith, hope, prayers

• holy smoke

  No idea who to attribute this stunning photo to, but it was sent by Rozy A. Thanks, Rozy! Prayer to the gods and goddesses of change Haiku form of the prayer: prayers of smoke carry requests for non-resistance heart veil open wide Longer form of the prayer: Read More... Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:18 AM by Beth Patterson | 21 Comments Filed under: faith development, hope, liminal space, one single impression, prayer, resistance

• Buffett on hope

  No, this is not about Jimmy, but rather about Warren. Jimmy B. the patron saint of all children coming of age in south Florida in the 70's is my hero as well, but that's another story! Thanks to Dances with Loons for sending this article our way. Considered Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:37 AM by Beth Patterson | 3 Comments Filed under: hope, sustainability

• The Lost...or not... Generation

  Make sure to watch this youtube video on 'The (so-called) Lost Generation' all the way to the end--it is profoundly hopeful. Those born totally of post-modernity face special risks and bring potential gifts we can't fathom. Thanks to my friend Carl McColman Read More... Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 11:17 AM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, adolescents, ancestors, brokenness, hope

• food shortages may be around the corner

  'Stay awake, friends. Don't scatter and sleep. Our friendship is made of staying awake.' --Rumi Most North Americans think food shortages or famine are something that only happen in Africa and Asia. How could such catastrophe happen to us? Easy. What Read More... Posted Sunday, February 22, 2009 4:08 PM by Beth Patterson | 7 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, acceptance, blooming where we're planted, calling things by their right name, capacity, community-building, complaint-free world, hope, hospitality, life finds a way

• A genie with 3 get-out-of-the-bottle-free questions

  ";" galleryimg="no" mce_src="http://www.virtualteahouse.com/blogs/beth/WindowsLiveWriter/GeorgeKinderThreeQuestionsaboutLifePlann_D3FE/videob11b32be8ca2.jpg"> Well worth the 3 minutes and 24 seconds! Get Rich Slowly recently did a post about George Read More... Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 6:37 PM by Beth Patterson | 3 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, abundance, acceptance, aging gracefully, amazement, hope

• Obama's top ten tasks

  I have removed the bullet points from each of the ten 'to-do's' on this list so you'll go to Dave Pollard's site How to Save the World and read it all--every bit of it. So there. And then, either on Dave's site, or here, or both, write which are the ones Read More... Posted Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:21 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: finding our voice, hope

• Alice's love letter to Barack

  An Open Letter to Barack Obama By Alice Walker | Commentary from The Root Alice Walker on expectations, responsibilities and a new reality that is almost more than the heart can bear. Nov. 5, 2008 Dear Brother Obama, You have no idea, really, of how profound Read More... Posted Saturday, November 08, 2008 11:53 AM by Beth Patterson | 4 Comments Filed under: hope, leadership

• a remedy for what ails the world

  This is this week's submission for One Single Impression (prompt # 31): Fleeting One Single Impression is a community of poets writing and sharing haiku and other poetic forms. Each week a new prompt is offered for inspiration. So much of the poetry on Read More... Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 5:13 PM by Beth Patterson | 19 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, emptiness, hope, living more consciously, spirituality of subtraction

• Learners inheriting the earth: the politics of God

  In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. --- attributed to either Al Rogers or Eric Hoffer [quoted from How to Save the World ] This Read More... Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 5:14 PM by Beth Patterson | 20 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, acceptance, attachment, brokenness, hope, sacred fire

• Waiting in the Garden: Stories of hula-hoops, humus and holy crappola

  We had a lively and wonderful gathering for the March Central Oregon Fire Circle last night, March 21st. Great fire with the full moon rising over the back fence. Several new people, as well as regulars and us old-timers came out for the celebration of Read More... Posted Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:50 AM by Beth Patterson | 4 Comments Filed under: acceptance, ancestors, becoming more human, contentment, engaged spirituality, fire, grieving, hope, humanity, paradox, prayer, prayers, spirituality, spring equinox, winter

• The Ridiculous Hospitality of Advent

  When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking who he is, where he’s come from, where he’s headed. That way, he’ll have strength enough to answer. Or, by then you’ll be such good friends you don’t care. These words by Rumi-esque Read More... Posted Friday, December 21, 2007 2:53 AM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: abundance, advent, hope, hospitality, joy

• Another shard of light

  A new member of our community, Roxanne, has just posted a story of grave hope and redemption. Thoughts on Acceptance and Change. It's a hard one to read...but Roxanne is amazing in her lack of self-pity or recrimination. What may be even more powerful Read More... Posted Sunday, December 09, 2007 6:05 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: healing from abuse, hope, redemption

• Of what am I so afraid? Thing 2

  From the second post in this series, about why-ever in the world I could be so afraid of silence is the quote I'm living with: "I abandon all that I think I am, all that I hope to be, all that I believe I possess. I let go of the past, withdraw my grasping Read More... Posted Saturday, July 21, 2007 7:17 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: emptiness, hope, openness to life