EASTER 2026 + LET ME ADMIT IT, DEAR FRIENDS: QUITE OFTEN, WHEN I SEE THE SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION OF OUR POOR WORLD, I NEARLY DESPAIR. AND YET, SPRING BURSTING FORTH THESE DAYS WITH SUCH ELEMENTAL POWER, GIVES ME NEW COURAGE. A SINGLE FORSYTHIA BUSH AGAINST THE BLUE SKY IS ENOUGH TO CONVINCE ME THAT LIFE […]
+ My dear Relatives and Friends, On the night of December 7th to 8th this year, I had an unusual dream: I was writing down a short Christmas story. It was dictated to me in my dream, but I considered each word so carefully while writing it down that it had remained clear in my
+ DEAR FRIENDS, AT THIS EASTER SEASON OF 2025, SPRING SHINES BRIGHTER THAN EVER,PERHAPS PRECISELY BECAUSE THE STORM CLOUDS OF OUR TIME ARELOOMING SO DARK, SO HEAVY OVER US. PEOPLE ASK ME AGAIN AND AGAIN: “WHAT CAN WE DO IN THIS SITUATION?”WHAT I MYSELF AM TRYING TO DO IS TWOFOLD: TO GRATEFULLY ENJOY THEGIFT OF
+ DEAR FRIENDS, ON THANKSGIVING DAY 2024 OUR BRIGHT TABLES WILL BE SET AGAINST A WORLDWIDE DARKNESS. AS LONG BACK AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER, NEWS FROM HOME AND FROM ABROAD HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE CHILLING. DISHEARTENED, I ASKED A GREAT WISE WOMAN WHOM I LOVE AND ADMIRE: WHAT MESSAGE CAN I POSSIBLY SHARE WITH MY
We glibly talk of nature’s lawsbut do things have a natural cause?Black earth turned into yellow crocusis undiluted hocus-pocus. These lines from Piet Hein point to the reason why so many different traditions celebrate festivals around this time of year, when they kneel and admire: out of pure wonder. Even people who are not connected