Inviting You into Community
As we enter the third year of the global pandemic, there has been a general malaise and exhaustion. Read more →
Invitation
When have you felt invited and welcomed as your full self?
To Whom It May Concern
Dedicated to the CLF
GARY
CLF Member, incarcerated in SC
To Whom It May Concern
Last picked for softball
first to be blamed Read more →
The Eclipse of Our Lives
JACK
CLF Member, incarcerated in TX
I’m a volunteer Suicide Companion, assigned to watch over and talk to other prisoners who are in crisis, severely depressed, who hear voices telling them to harm themselves, those who have found prison life beyond their ability to endure. Read more →
Ora Et Lobora
TIMOTHY TARKELLY
CLF free world member, living in KS
A task is only as dull as its suitor,
and if you listen, you can hear your work Read more →
Quest January 2022
January 2022
If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer,
a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er,
a magic bean buyer…
If you’re a pretender come sit by my fire
For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in! Come in!”
—Shel Silverstein
Articles
Inviting You into Community
As we enter the third year of the global pandemic, there has been a general malaise and exhaustion. Read more »
To Whom It May Concern
Last picked for softball… first to be blamed… taunted and jeered at… hiding in shame… Read more »
The Eclipse of Our Lives
I’m a volunteer Suicide Companion, assigned to watch over and talk to other prisoners who are in crisis. Read more »
Ora Et Lobora
A task is only as dull as its suitor… and if you listen, you can hear your work… Read more »
Quest January 2022
“If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer… If you’re a pretender come sit by my fire… For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!” —Shel Silverstein Read more »
An Invitation Song
Here is a fun and lively song that’s perfect for getting excited about something new. Perhaps you could sing it in the morning, whether it’s the start of a new day–or the start of the weekend! The first verse says, “Enter, rejoice and come in!” This is a great invitation to extend to people, to ideas, and to new experiences.
What would you like to invite into your life? To whom will you extend a welcome today?