Shine: Summer’s Lesson Plan

Shine: Summer’s Lesson Plan

The Summer Solstice is here offering its light and reminding us of our own. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the longest day of the year. To celebrate the occasion, I made this talk for you. In it we will walk with Mary Oliver through the trees where...
The Only Real Thing ~ Chris Maddox

The Only Real Thing ~ Chris Maddox

The rumble of the subway car underneath me, I looked up from my book to see the handrail poll in front of me – a sight I’d seen at least two thousand times before – had more dimension to it, somehow looked more real than it ever had. I became aware of my...
Rise: Spring’s Lesson Plan ~ Chris Maddox

Rise: Spring’s Lesson Plan ~ Chris Maddox

On March 20th we welcome the season of growing light which offers us invitation after invitation to rise. The Spring Equinox lifts the wild creatures, the wild plants, and the wild women out of the darkness and into brighter days. To celebrate the occasion, I made...