We didn’t really know what exactly Marjorie Isaacs had in mind when she invited folks from our Meeting to participate in an outdoor meditation activity, but a spontaneous group of us saw it as a “great opening,“ or potentially great enough, to give it a try. We have been evolving
Articles by Ray Geers
Spirituality in the Workplace
Last month, Rhonda Pfaltzgraff-Carlson from Eastern Hills Friends gave a presentation at the Cincinnati Friends meetinghouse on bringing more spiritual life into the workplace. She began by describing how she became aware of the calling that led to her new ministry, christened Light for Organizations. After getting a Certificate of
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
This week the hospital where I work started re-deploying many of its staff to help address changing needs during the current coronavirus outbreak. Instead of ministering to people in my usual physical therapy job, my new task is administering a thermometer, taking the temperature of each person who walks through
Courageous Love in the Midst of Imperial Push and Pull
As I sat there in my thinking chair, pondering my recent study of Christian doctrine from the fall of Rome to the eve of the Renaissance, I asked myself: where does all this lead? Before I could think too long, my daughter Rosie brought me a live “cave” cricket she
Hold On Beautiful Dreamer
Hold On Beautiful Dreamer is a complete re-working of the words from the old African-American spiritual Hold On (Keep Your Eyes On The Prize) or Keep Your Hand On The Plow. I was first introduced to this song through the music of Pete Seeger, the folk singer and civil rights/anti-war
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