Creativity in Cakes
I have been locked up for four years now and I have seen all things created in the penitentiary. Read more →
Reshaping the Soul
To create or to reshape. My understanding is that these are two different things. Read more →
Art as Creative Practice
For many years, you all have sent us your incredible works of visual art along with your poems and essays. Read more →
If You Want to View Paradise (Don’t Ask Me For A Picture)
Yeah, I know you want something a little more up-beat Read more →
Flowers
Just like a flower, we bloom into ourselves,
Taking our precious time as we open up to the world. Read more →
The Slowest Part of Ourselves
The body is the slowest part of ourselves. Our thoughts, emotions, spirits — these can move at lightning speed, switching from one state to another in an instant. Read more →
Loss as a Gateway to Compassion
This might sound strange, but I have felt the most present, the most interconnected mentally, spiritually, and physically when I have experienced loss. Read more →
On Grief and Embodiment
Thank you to Rachel for your above piece, “Loss as a Gateway to Compassion” — this reflection is prompted by and written in response to your words. Read more →
Updates from the CLF’s 2021 Annual Meeting
The CLF held its Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday June 6, 2021. Read more →
Our Hands
“I loved my grandmother every moment of my life. I still do.
