A Gathering of Spirits

A Gathering of Spirits

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Creating A Shelter of Kindness

Creating A Shelter of Kindness

A Reflection At The Turn Of The Year

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But what happens if joy is not separate from pain? What if joy and pain are fundamentally tangled up with one another? Or even more to the point, what if joy is not only entangled with pain, or suffering, or sorrow, but is also what emerges from how we care for each other through those things? What if joy, instead of refu…

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