Dear Friends, Yesterday, summer officially arrived with the Solstice, bringing with it blistering heat. Friend and student Jessica said at practice last night that it was as if Mother Nature–always in the know– looked at her wrist watch, said “hey,… (READ MORE)
For me, an important part of living yoga off the mat is knowing how I fit into the flow of energies (and money is a big flow of energy and power) in community and what I do to try and… (READ MORE)
In the washrrom at William Penn House. Come join us for class on Tuesday nights. For me, the practice and study of yoga informs this question. Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
“They’re still here,” said the evidently conservative (by other things he said and his dress) and cynical young man sitting on the seat in front of me on the bus, as we drove past the “Occupy DC” group. The bus… (READ MORE)
Last week I attended a work-place training entitled “Conflict Management–Dealing with Difficult Conversations in the Workplace.” I do not do much training at work; the several hours a week I spend doing professional reading generally satisfies the needs of my… (READ MORE)
This morning, as I read this poem by Janet Hoffman, which is collected in Plain Living–A Quaker Path to Simplicity by Catherine Whitmire, I thought of friends and family and students and colleagues who are living with loss and illness… (READ MORE)
This just in from William Penn House’s Executive Director: You are invited to attend a potluck and Quaker dialogue at 6:30 PM on Sunday November 6, 2011 Our Program this First Day is presented by Ann Wilcox & Micah Bales… (READ MORE)
I just received this letter and wanted to pass it on to those who have senators and members of Congress (those of us in DC still do not): Dear Elizabeth Goodman,One of our lobbyists just reported to me that some members… (READ MORE)
Much of the reason that I began attending Friends meeting again several years ago after a long hiatus was to help me find peace within myself as I witnessed and sought to change, in my own way with my own… (READ MORE)
On the Friends Meeting of Washington list serve this week, there has been a fair amount of email exchanged about an upcoming “meeting for discernment for peace.” Very roughly described, a meeting for discernment begins with a period of silent… (READ MORE)