Adult Development

January 17, 2021 What a gift and privilege to spend time with young children.  On the weekends when my grandchildren come over for a sleepover, I experience my whole being centering and remembering one of the greatest gifts of early childhood – the gift of being.   Being present. Being open. Being non-judgmental. Being delighted by […]

January 3, 2021 2020 was a difficult year for many individuals, schools, childcare programs, and small businesses. For some families it was absolutely tragic. Many have expressed a sense of gratefulness to see the calendar turn, wishing away a year that has been so full of challenges, hoping that 2021 will be more generous. And

December 27, 2020 I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.     –Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Celebrating

December 20, 2020 Love is a light that shines from heart to heart… – John Denver No matter one’s religious or spiritual path, winter can be honored as a season of peace and solitude in preparation for the dawning of Light and new Life. While Christmas and other festivals of light are celebrated months before

November 22, 2020 Your life matters. You can’t live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what’s most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.   -Jane Goodall Last Christmas I participated in Lynn Jericho’s Inner Christmas over the 12 Holy Nights. As a

November 8, 2020 Mankind has advanced in the footsteps of men and women of unshakable faith. Many of the great ones … have set stars in the heavens to light others through the night.–Olga Rosmanith The festival of Martinmas comes this next week, on November 11. Martinmas is the feast day of Saint Martin of

September 13, 2020 The autumn wind’s a pirate, Blustering in from sea; With a rollicking song, he sweeps along, Swaggering boist’rously.   His skin is weather-beaten; He wears a yellow sash, With a handkerchief red about his head, And a bristling black mustache.   He laughs as he storms the country, A loud laugh and

September 6, 2020 Human morality on Earth depends upon the interest one person takes in another, upon the capability to see into the other person. Those who have the gift of understanding other human beings will receive from this understanding the impulses for a social life imbued with true morality. – Rudolf Steiner (Dornach, 15