Advisory Council Reflections
Dharma Found Flowers as it Adapted to the Pandemic
I write this from a peculiar perspective, as editor of Northwest Dharma News, a Seattle-based twice-yearly digital publication produced by Northwest Dharma Association, and as the leader of a Buddhist meditation group in Kirkland, Washington, called Eastside…
A Ceremony of Grief
Religica · Diane Tomhave – A Ceremony of Grief Grief: deep sorrow, especially caused by someone’s death. Oxford Dictionary Sorrow: a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. Oxford…
Covid and Community: Being the Good Samaritan to One Another
Religica · Susan Tanabe – COVID and Community: Being the Good Samaritan to One Another Author: Susan Tababe, MFA When the pandemic first began, I thought of the story of the Good Samaritan. Here we…
Healing Soul Wounds: Moral Injury During COVID-19
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What Does “Restoration” Mean After COVID-19?
Religica · Marica Riggers – What Does Restoration Mean After COVID-19 Will life ever be normal again? Many of us yearn for a return to life before COVID – to something that seemed “normal,”…