The dark of the year. We light it up with holiday decorations and strings of lights. How do we light up our dark corners and determine our next steps? If you’re in the northern hemisphere, you may be dealing with cold, snow, and inclement weather. Mother Nature pushes indoors, pushes us to slow down, to cuddle within the protection of our shelter.
Despite all the grumbling, winter is beautiful. Yes, it’s cold and difficult to get through the snowy weather but if you stop and take a moment to look ever the untouched snow in the fields or the trees covered with snow (well okay and where I am right now there is none of this) there is beauty and lessons in the season.
What do you see when you look into your own eyes? Do you take the time to stare into a mirror at your own eyes, your own face? If the eyes are the mirror of the soul, what do your eyes say about you?
My life is busy without a doubt. I rush off in the morning to work. Rush through my day helping faculty, students, staff, student workers, and the public. I'm at the center of a maelstrom of activity. I come home to cram in an hour or so of quality time with my husband. After he goes to bed, I might manage to take a breath and think about ME or the state of my soul.
Erin Lale
Fellow faculty at Harvard Divinity School posted an open letter to Wolpe in response to his article. It's available on this page, below the call for p...
Erin Lale
Here's another response. The Wild Hunt has a roundup of numerous responses on its site, but it carried this one as a separate article. It is an accoun...
Erin Lale
Here's another response. This one is by a scholar of paganism. It's unfortunately a Facebook post so this link goes to Facebook. She posted the text o...
