James Wright: Trying to Pray
This time, I have left my body behind me, crying
In its dark thorns.
Rubén G. Mendoza: A sacred light in the darkness
On Saturday, Dec. 21, nations in the Northern Hemisphere will mark the winter solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. For thousands of years people have marked this event with rituals and celebrations to signal the rebirth of the sun and its victory over darkness.
Sarah Jackson: A rock, a human, a tree — all were persons to the Classic Maya
For the Maya of the Classic period, who lived in southern Mexico and Central America between 250 and 900 CE, the category of ‘persons’ was not coincident with human beings, as it is for us.
Michael Simms: Our Father who art in flowers
Our Father who art in me
You are the One I love
The One who hurt me
The One who seeks the truth
Deonna Anderson: These Indigenous Women Are Reclaiming Stolen Land in the Bay Area
Through a voluntary land tax and donations from land owners, this organization is working to create an alternative land base for Indigenous people in California’s East Bay.
Edgar Gabriel Silex: The Planting of the Blue Corn
after the fields are planted and the blue corn seeds are nestled in the red earth after the Corn Planter has put away his sacred planting stick he says … Continue reading
Jane Goodall: A Prayer for Peace
We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which we live and move and have our being. We pray that we may at all times keep our minds open to … Continue reading
Cherokee Prayer of Thanksgiving
Ga lu lo hi gi ni du da Sky our grandfather Nu da wa gi ni li si Moon our grandmother E lo hi gi ne tse Earth our Mother … Continue reading
