I love to get outside early Sunday mornings in Dublin. Even in lockdown, when things are meant to be quiet most of the time, there is a marked difference in movement and sound. And on mornings like today, when the sun is really out and the sky is a solid block of blue, I walk … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 28 February, 1-2pm IST
Month: February 2021
Rustle VV conversation
My friend Joshua Sullivan is a Lutheran minister, an artist, a music maker and an archivist -- and newly a dad. We met at in divinity school, where we had many conversations about the struggle of deciding between art/ poetry and (for him) religious vocation. I have sometimes envied his sense of calling, however tortured … Continue reading Rustle VV conversation
Coffee Hour ~ 21 February, 1-2 IST
Lately, I am not getting much of a theme or prompt for Coffee Hour, but instead a bristling little dread that I can't seem to get out of the way of myself when I am preparing to share this space with whomever arrives. But what if this dread is simply the beginning of letting go … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 21 February, 1-2 IST
Coffee Hour ~ 14 February, 1-2 IST
If you should see this in time. If you should see this in time and want to join. If you should see this in time and want to join and have the luxury of time to join. And if not, I will be there. The video conference link is here: https://meet.jit.si/CoffeeHourWithFriends2021The password is HenryTaylorSometimes all … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 14 February, 1-2 IST
Coffee Hour ~ 7 Feb 2021, 1-2pm IST
For Coffee Hour this Sunday I would like to sit again alongside some words from Howard Thurman: "To accept all experience as raw material out of which the human spirit distills meanings and values is a part of the meaning of maturity." This comes from, "The Binding Ties," the introductory text to the second section … Continue reading Coffee Hour ~ 7 Feb 2021, 1-2pm IST