The Soulistry Blog

I keep hearing the cry ... “what is hope?” and the cry ... "where is hope?” Lives - bodies, minds, spirits - will be assaulted by threats, violence, racism, sexism, broken promises, and more lies. As families are separated, the economy worsens and darkness plummets in...

After reading far too many of the Epstein files, after reading far too much garbage about our Prime Minister (who not only is doing the very best he can, but is giving hope to many Canadians), after reading the "Monsters in Plain Sight" piece by Charlie Angus, this...

Hope - where is it these days? For Kylene, Stuart and their children, the word 'hope' seemed like an empty phrase. But sometimes, a little hope, whispered, spoken, cried, shouted, becomes reality. These days, the news seems to get worse by the day. "Where is hope...

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Today is a day that must be remembered. It is the international Holocaust Remembrance Day and we must ...We must remember the horrors that happened when good people did not believe what was happening.We must remember the hatred and lust for power which resulted in...

I don't live in the United States. I have family there - have dear friends there - was born there - have neighbours / siblings / strangers I care about, there. What has been going on in that country, particularly lately in Minneapolis with protestors lawfully...

A YEAR AGO TODAY I posted this ... and today, one year later, it's not just the United States that faces all of this, but the world. On this first of the second 1460 days, it is still true.Tragically true.American friends.Canadian friends.Venezuelan friends.Iranian...

A YEAR AGO TODAY I posted this ... and today, one year later, it's not just the United States that faces all of this, but the world ... with all of what was posted a year ago today when DJT took office for the second time on day one of his presidency of the United...

It's another day of cold darkness with teary-rain weather in many places.  It's another day of darkness and teary-memories as many remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today, the third Monday in the month of January.   But instead of his murder being a sign that things...

A friend in Greenland ended her email today with these words: "God help us!" A reply from the United States to a FB post today, ended with these words: "God help us!"I've heard that same cry from friends in the United States ... Canada ... Ukraine ... Palestine ......

Laughter --- it is SOOOO good for the body and soul. Sadly, there's not been a lot of that these days. Politics ... anger ... fear ... seem to have taken over.Our soul needs regular doses of laughter!When my Dutch-born husband, Hans, was alive, there was a lot of...

Just when we think the bottom has dropped out of decency, compassion, integrity, you-know-who sinks even lower and ... he couldn't care less. His focus is acquisition --- acquisition of lands, their natural resources, power, money.And if human beings are acquired for...

Around the middle of January a few years ago, our local hardware store was packing up all of the Christmas things they didn't sell that year. Tucked into the corner was a little wooden white tree with lovely white branches. It had a really high price tag on it...

I love the word ‘epiphany.’    Epiphanies are those "ah-hah!" moments in life when we suddenly 'understand' … 'get it’ … 'gain insight' into the nature or meaning of something (or someone) we hadn't grasped or understood previously. Many around the world are...

Long ago, it is said, that a star appeared in the sky - a star that was unlike any other. All were amazed - and perhaps, even the lambs. Years and years ago, I made this banner for Epiphany, the Season of Light - which begins January 6th for many around the world.The...

Ahhhh, words - I love them.   Every year during the Season of Epiphany (the season in Christianity that remembers the star that is said to have guided the Magi to the Christ Child), I love to choose a "Star Word" which I hope will ‘guide’ me (as a star) in the coming...

It’s Twelfth Night!  Tonight! Twelfth Night is a festival for those following the Gregorian calendar that takes place on the last night of the Twelve Days of Christmas (January 5th) and marks the coming of the Epiphany tomorrow - January 6th - for those following the...

Merry Twelfth Day of Christmas! We've come to the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas and it's time to  "drum possibilities" because on this day, as the song goes, the drummers were drumming. Why?  What?  Music ethnologists remind us that every culture has utilized...

Have you ever noticed a mysterious series of letters and numbers which looked like a math equation, inscribed in chalk over a doorway (or at your church, or at the home of a friend) at/around January 6th, and wondered “What is that?” It's called "Chalking the Door."...