Faithful Fools

The holiday lights are lit. The weather is chilly in many places, perhaps snowing or rainy. There are also places where the sun is out,...

Yesterday we asked: “In the world beyond your daily routine, beyond your family, your work, and your friends, what calls your attention?...

Amid all the traditional parties and holiday lights, we forget that this is not only a holiday season. It is also a dark time of year.

Tomorrow, there will be proof positive. Tomorrow, there will be just a little more daylight . . . there will be an ever-so-subtle knowing...

­It’s all too easy to romanticize the dark as I sit warm and dry in my beautiful comfortable home gazing out at the redwood tree dancing...

Remembering our traditional solstice gatherings, may we soon gather again in person. A table sits in the middle of the room filled with...

Today is the second day of Solstice. Everything is quiet. Shall we tell ourselves a little story about a quiet winter evening like this...

Let's say this poem together And the days are not full enough (take a deep breath) And the nights are not full enough (take another deep...

On December 21st at 7:58 AM (if you are in the Pacific time zone), the northern most tip of the earth will be tilted far away from the...