Oh, to be deeply naked Gregory Orr Oh, to be deeply naked And still see love In the beloved’s eyes. To be free of shame. Was there anything More wonderful? How long did it last? Maybe only a moment; Maybe it was a dream. We were afraid To feel such joy. Still, it changed us, … Continue reading Praying with Fringes 02/05/16 – To be free of shame
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Praying with Fringes 2/2/16 – a smile steeped in ceremony
Green Tea Dale Ritterbusch There is this tea I have sometimes, Pan Long Ying Hao, so tightly curled it looks like tiny roots gnarled, a greenish-gray. When it steeps, it opens the way you woke this morning, stretching, your hands behind your head, back arched, toes pointing, a smile steeped in ceremony, a celebration, the … Continue reading Praying with Fringes 2/2/16 – a smile steeped in ceremony
Praying with Fringes 03/07/2014 – that joy is a power
Queen’s Attitude as It Bears Upon the Matter: The Three of Cups (excerpt) Marge Piercy Taste what is in your mouth, if it is water, still taste it. Wash out the cups of your fingers, clean your eyes with new tears for your sister. We are not worse revolutionaries if we remember that the universe … Continue reading Praying with Fringes 03/07/2014 – that joy is a power
Praying with Fringes 12/04/2013 – we come at last to the dark
Sabbaths 2002 III Wendell Berry We come at last to the dark and enter in. We are given bodies newly made out of their absence from one another in the light of the ordinary day. We come to the spaces between ourselves, the narrow doorway, and pass through into the land of the wholly loved. … Continue reading Praying with Fringes 12/04/2013 – we come at last to the dark
Praying with Fringes 12/01/2013 – World AIDs Day: Bless this body
Bless This Body, The House of My Soul adapted from Rabbi Miriam Senturia We bless the beauty, the intricacy, the softness and hardness, The creative, life-sustaining powers of our bodies. We bless the intricate design of the openings and channels of our bodies, through which our life force is nourished. We bless the beauty, the … Continue reading Praying with Fringes 12/01/2013 – World AIDs Day: Bless this body
Praying with Fringes 11/07/2013: Our inherent sense of value is rooted in the body’s ability to care for itself
a Fringes body-blessing Our sense of inherent value is rooted in the body’s ability to care for itself and in the direct ways we can provide for our own physical needs. When making money becomes a substitute for foraging, gathering, hunting, planting, we lose important sources of power. The zucchini I buy in the store … Continue reading Praying with Fringes 11/07/2013: Our inherent sense of value is rooted in the body’s ability to care for itself
Fringes: a feminist, non-zionist havurah 