“The “less” I become, the “more” I become. The less I focus on protecting, puffing up, or advancing my small self—my egoic self made of my character defects and deluded into thinking it is actually separate from other selves—the more I identify with, participate in, and expand into, other persons and other modes of being. The more I “lose my life” the more I “find” it, in greater form.”
“The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) is recruiting an experienced volunteer that is deeply committed to the mission of EPF. This person will play a significant role in leading the organization’s sustainability initiatives.”
“The first mention we have of her is during what we call “The Annunciation,” when an angel appeared to her from God and told her that she was chosen by God to be the mother of God’s son. From what we read in the gospel, Mary questioned the whole thing but meekly accepted the situation. I often wonder what she would have said had this event happened a millennium or so in the future.”