I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all. — Ogden Nash, American poet, “Song of the Open Road” (1933)   Story: we will watch a short video about the hummingbird.   The details about Sunday morning: … Continue reading Family resources for Sunday November 4

As the Director of Religious Exploration at Beacon, I am always striving to provide opportunities and programming: that help you feel interconnected with other families, that are innovative in the approach so I can meet you where you are, that are impactful for all participants. but I need your help! Are you able and willing … Continue reading Building a New Way: interconnected, innovative, and impactful

    Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? — Alice Walker, author, from The Color Purple   Story: we will share selected poems from Trees of Strength website. The details about Sunday morning: Babies … Continue reading Family Resources for Sunday October 28

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Story:  Trout Are Made of Trees   The details about Sunday morning: Babies – 4 year olds chalice lighting and joys & concerns play inside in our very popular wooden kitchen sing together: Standing Like a Tree play outside.   Kindergarten- grade … Continue reading Family Resources for October 21

To be poor and be without trees is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman … Continue reading Family resources for Sunday October 14