Heart & Soul
Virgil gave us SB Blazers, graphic T-shirts, New Era hat wearing – who listens to rap music with no fashion design background? Kids hope that we could all become Artistic Directors and Designers for large fashion houses if we stay true to ourselves. Virgil was a true architect in building a bridge for our culture to thrive in different spaces we were not welcomed to in the past.
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The mysterious island if Iona is calling, who will sojourn with us for a time? The natural and spiritual appeal of this tiny island in the Inner Hebrides off the coast of Scotland has been drawing travelers to it’s shores at least since the 500’s when St. Columba and his companions arrived from Ireland and set up a monastic community there.
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A poem by Julie Clark underscores the importance of unplugging and noticing the changing seasons.
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Shelter. Protection. Feeling safe in your community. That is the spirit Julie Clarks attempts to capture in her poem, A Shelter.
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Julie Clark reflects on the United States response to the pandemic in her reflective piece, Coping with COVID.
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A Road Always Beckoning by David Whyte is a three-part poetry series looking at the inward journeys we must take as we move out of lockdown.
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In light of what many Muslims are experiencing in China, Julie Clark writers two poems for Ramadan: In Memory, and Imagination.
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In this poem, Julie Clark explores the emotional process and struggles of emerging from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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For those who “wave the Jesus flag” what does it mean to walk in the shoes of the one who epitomized self-sacrificial love?
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What is the true gift of listening to another whose life is different from your own and sharing in their journey?
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“My Daughter’s Keeper” is the story of Mark Winkler, both how he came to terms with the harm he caused as a father and what he did to heal.
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Change can be painful, but it is also transformative. What does the hard work of change do in our lives when we open our hearts to it?
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