Dayo’s Dose of Wisdom: The Transgenerational Power of Mothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9pU0ldCu_U&feature=youtu.be
Religious Pluralism as a Patchwork Quilt
A quilter carefully chooses fabrics of different colors and patterns to piece together in a variety of shapes in order to create something whole and cohesive. Historically quilts have been as expressive as they were practical. The patchwork told stories, and the final products created protection and warmth. In a similar way, religious pluralism involves…
Dayo’s Dose of Wisdom: Relax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beP3-1AM3Lw&feature=youtu.be
Opportunity Cost
The theory of opportunity cost was one of the ideas that struck me the most in the high school economics class I took 20 years ago. It is something that I have considered over the years as I’ve tried to make good choices in my life, and I am thankful that it was an idea…
On Life Culture and the Three Environments
Eve and I found a tiny bird egg while digging underneath a Blue Spruce this week.She carefully rolled the white egg over in her small grubby hands, tenderly inspecting each minuscule speckle. Then, looking to me for answers, she asked, “Where mommy-daddy bird go?” I could tell she was deeply troubled that the egg was…
Dayo’s Dose of Wisdom: Mother’s Create
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFLwHAHhscU&feature=youtu.be
Where do Fathers fit in Maternal Feminism?
Last year at CSW an Indian woman, Ms. Sai, from an organization called Swayam Shikshan Prayog reported on a project in which rural women were making and selling solar-powered lamps. A Moroccan woman listened in complete awe. During the Q&A she said that she is from a similarly patriarchal country and asked, “How do you…
Happy Mother’s Day
https://youtu.be/6dfu5n-roXY A powerful message about
April 2019 Board Message
April Tenet: “We live and promote a life-culture within the womb, the home, and our ecological environment. As women, we have the wonderful inborn capacity to create and therefore protect human life. We have the instinctive understanding that ALL life is unique and intrinsically valuable. This is our maternal power! Our simple yet refined model…
Creating a Life Culture in Your Community
The womb is the first environment every human experiences. When we were carried by our mothers, their bodies were our shelter. And when they breathed, they imparted to us the breath of life. During pregnancy mother and child exist together in a liminal space where they are simultaneously one and two. This is an exalting…