We have been given 5000 teddy bears to distribute to Syrian refugee children in Jordan. These bears are to be used therapeutically to help children with bonding and self soothing. We have to raise extra funds to cover the costs of shipping the bears from the Gulf of Aqaba where they will arrive to the […]
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November 2016 Newslet...
“In every community, there is work to be done, In every nation, there are wounds to heal, In every heart, there is the power to do it.” – Marianne Williamson “Fear is the cheapest room in the house, I would like to see you living in better conditions” – Khwajeh Shams Al-Din Muhammad Hafez-E Shirazi, 14th C. […]
Spring 2016 Newslet...
Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated. — Martin Luther King, Jr. The mind has no freedom Its thoughts Are nurtured By old ideas […]
Love in Action – November 2015 Newslet...
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I’ve found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.’” – Gandalf Dear Circle, I am just back from another […]
Healing Backward, Dreaming Forward – September 2015 Newslet...
Prophetic grief is more than crying and sighing and weeping and mourning…Prophetic grief is planting gardens of healing in the midst of raindrops of blood. Prophetic grief is declaring to the world that love is stronger than hate, that God’s grace is greater than our grief, that God’s power is greater than our pain. ~ Reverend […]
Clarification July 2...
Clarification of my Hiatus Email “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. “ – Paulo Coelho Dear all, I want to start off by saying that I am deeply touched by the kind words hundreds of you have sent […]
Hiatus July 2...
Dear all, I am writing to tell you all I am taking a hiatus from the end of July through early 2016. The last few years have been a marathon and using that analogy, it’s fair to say I’ve hit the wall. Once I made this decision with my family and close friends, I could […]
April 2015 Newslet...
Dear Circle: “Oh my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.” – ancient Greek poet Pindar The worse reality becomes globally, the more people seek refuge and comfort in illusions and delusions. The modern world, as the philosopher Kafka predicted a long ago, has become a world where […]
March 2015 Newslet...
“Love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other. We have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things we don’t like. We can only live together in that way, and if we are […]
February 2015 Upd...
“I never felt an attraction towards violence. I never tried to express myself through violence. Violence is a language. When language fails, violence becomes a language. I never had that feeling. Language failed me very often, but then, the substitute for me was silence, but not violence” ~ Elie Wiesel Recently I was invited to […]