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Poem: “When Great Trees Fall,” by Maya Angelou

by Susan | Sep 20, 2020 | inspiration, poem

When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around...

NEWS: Ayala: San Antonio becomes first city to develop ‘compassionistas’

by Susan | Sep 13, 2020 | inspiration, News Stories

Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, September 12, 2020 A hint of fall this week gave us a reprieve, however temporary, from a summer that was long and hot and steeped in shared stress. No one in the United States was spared the effects of a mismanaged pandemic, a...

POEM: “Let This Darkness Be A Bell Tower,” by Rainer Maria Rilke

by Susan | Sep 9, 2020 | inspiration, poem

Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of...

Happy Birthday To . . . Paul & Phyllis

by Susan | Aug 3, 2020 | birthdays, inspiration

August 3, 1858 Paul Sabatier “Theories cannot claim to be indestructible. They are only the plough which the ploughman uses to draw his furrow and which he has every right to discard for another one, of improved design, after the harvest.” August 3, 1920...

POEM: “I Confess,” by Alison Luterman

by Susan | Aug 1, 2020 | inspiration, poem

I stalked her in the grocery store: her crown of snowy braids held in place by a great silver clip, her erect bearing, radiating tenderness,watching the way she placed yogurt and avocados in her basket, beaming peace like the North Star. I wanted to ask, “What...

Immigrant Children and Families Need Shelter and Basics Today

by Faith Based Initiative | Jul 18, 2020 | Action Alerts, inspiration

Recent court decision ordered the release of children held in immigration custody due to risk of COVID. Several families are being released this weekend including pregnant women. They need to stay in SA for a short period of time before making the final leg of their...

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