Dear Friends,

 We hope that you are safe and well.

 Today's Meditation is a painting and reflection by Jan Richardson to celebrate Etty Hillesum--wonder-full food for contemplation.

Dear Friends,

 We hope that you are safe and well.

 Today is Indigenous Peoples Day. Today's Meditation is a YouTube video of a Ritual to Burn the Doctrine of Discovery, a ritual that took place a few years ago at the Agape Community in Western Massachusetts. Jean and I took part in this ritual--Jean read one of the prayers.

Dear Friends,

 We hope that you are safe and well.

 Today's Meditation is a reflection by Joan Chittister on "The Door between Control and Freedom." We enjoyed Rumi and Questions Before Dark.

 We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.

Dear Friends,

 We hope that you are safe and well.

 Today's Meditation is a prayer by Brother David Steindl-Rast that Jean found.

 We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.

Dear Friends,

 We hope that you are safe and well.

 Today is Yom Kippur. Today's Meditation is a reflection by Nicole Wiesen: "May You Grant Yourself Space and Gentleness this Yom Kippur."

We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in the church, in healthcare, in the workplace--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.