In Australia, indigenous people believe that the gods walked over the land, creating songlines with their footsteps. Today, Australians use traditional music to mirror creation’s songlines. My ancestors came from Wales, where group singing builds community, as it does in Australia. Today, we’ll be recreating our faith community using hymnals that replaced Old Blue, in use until 1993. Let’s […]

What if generosity, ethical conduct, patience, diligence, and meditation were so much a part of how we experienced the world that we thought of them as part of our senses? Skye Ann Taylor is a Buddhist monk and beekeeper. From her ongoing work with bees, she has come to understand what it would mean for these “practices” to […]