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 Insight Meditation.  (In this tradition Dharma (Dhamma in Pali) simultaneously refers [...] Read More

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 Dictionary Trauma: a deeply disturbing experience. Oxford Dictionary Grief is the acute pain that accompanies loss. Because it is [...] Read More

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 were not able to come within six feet of each [...] Read More

Healing Soul Wounds: Moral Injury During COVID-19 Religica · Justin Almeida - Healing Soul Wounds: Moral Injury During COVID-19 Author: Justin Almeida, MDiv As a chaplain I define moral injury as a “soul wound,” a wound to the conscience and spirit from which humans draw meaning, worth, and identity. Moral injuries are the result of [...] Read More

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,” yet when questioned, the shape of that normal is not always clear. I don’t [...] Read More