We Keep Rising in Love

By: Molly Housh Gordon — 6 April 2022 at 06:56

Seen from high above, a human crowd forms two hands and a heart shape on white background

Molly Housh Gordon

You can crush Love down, bury it, cover it over, but it will rise.

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Return and Remember

By: Summer Albayati — 30 March 2022 at 07:36

A person in pink robes, mostly cropped out of the photo, holds a Qur'am and Muslim prayer beads.

Summer Albayati

When the holy month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes a beautiful reminder to return to myself.

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The Power to Save

By: Sara Palmer — 23 March 2022 at 01:41

A mother and daughter, holding hands, walk on a path through a forest. They are smiling at one another, and are seen from behind.

Sara Palmer

May we forever perceive the ways we can empower others.

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Learning How to Fail

By: Christine Slocum — 16 March 2022 at 06:40

A close up of two competitors, mid-match, at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Shinbun Championship (2017).

Christine Slocum

White supremacy culture tells me that I’m only "good" if I’m perfect, treating all falls as hard stops.

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The Defiant Spark

By: David Kohlmeier — 9 March 2022 at 06:24

In dim light, a person holds their hands out, palms forward, obscuring their face. A few bright sparks hang suspended between their hands.

David Kohlmeier

You didn’t earn your worth, and you can’t lose it. Because you exist. Period.

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Asking for Help

By: Quinn Gormley — 2 March 2022 at 01:04

Seen from behind, at the beach, a father has his arm lovingly wrapped around his child's shoulder.

Quinn Gormley

Happy kids are safer kids, because happy kids have adults they can ask for help.

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Connecting Across Differences

By: Anonymous — 23 February 2022 at 06:38

A man in an orange prison jumpsuit reads a letter, smiling.

Anonymous

Praise be for our connection. Help us to learn from each other.

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The Unexpected Sacredness of Things

By: Tania Márquez — 16 February 2022 at 06:42

A hand holding a censer, in which burning copal incense releases smoke.

Tania Márquez

Every time I find the sacred unexpectedly, I am filled with awe and surprise.

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Love Is Showing Up

By: Melissa Jeter — 12 January 2022 at 07:10

Two Black women pack toys into a box, as though preparing a donation

Melissa Jeter

Every time someone showed up for me, I learned that love is greater than skin deep.

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Blossoming into the New Year

By: Tim Atkins — 5 January 2022 at 00:29

The year "2022" written in flowers, leaves, and pinecones

Tim Atkins

What word might you use as your centering lodestar for 2022?

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The Grace within a Pecan Pie

By: Jake Morrill — 15 December 2021 at 05:56

In the foreground, a slice of pecan pie and a hot beverage sit on a table. In the background, there's a merry decorated Christmas tree.

Jake Morrill

For me, “surrendering everything tenderly” brings an awareness of grace.

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The Work That's Ours to Do

By: DanaLee Simon — 10 November 2021 at 07:59

Bright red-orange kokanee salmon swim in the water of a shallow stream flanked by foliage

DanaLee Simon

We already have everything we need within us to meet the life that is before us.

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A Thousand Voices

By: Tania Márquez — 27 October 2021 at 03:35

The stub of a lit taper candle burns brightly on a bed of cempasúchil, or Mexican marigolds.

Tania Márquez

The dead aren’t really dead; their stories are perpetually being told by the world around us.

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Reclaiming My Culture

By: Mike Adams — 6 October 2021 at 06:29

Four members of the Squamish and Lil'wat Nations, with their backs to the camrea, are each draped in a traditional Squamish or Lil'wat blanket.

Mike Adams

I was leaving my mom in another world, located far away from mine.

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Only Clay on the Wheel

By: Jake Morrill — 22 September 2021 at 06:37

A person's hands shape a clay vessel on a potter's wheel.

Jake Morrill

I want to be shaped in a way that lets me serve the eternal.

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