Tonight I thought I was going to a lightweight sing-a-long movie with friends, instead I was treated to a cinematic tour de force with a story eerily applicable to our time. This 2000 year old story brought to Broadway by Webber and Rice … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:) for Jesus Christ Superstar original film digitally re-mastered wide-screen – Eerily applicable to our times
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The Revolution will not be Online: Stop Tweeting & Start Voting
Watching the HUGE crowds and energy for Sanders, the massive cash infusions, and hanging out, as I do, in the Twitterverse, I have BELIEVED and spouted the story that Sanders and his message have galvanized a huge swath of youth and that we need that … [Read more...] about The Revolution will not be Online: Stop Tweeting & Start Voting
My Top Tips to Create & Maintain a Meditation Practice with a Family
I have been meditating daily for about 20 years, which means I must have started when our children were about 3 and 5. Various tricks have worked for me throughout the years. This past week, keeping my meditation practice up while caring … [Read more...] about My Top Tips to Create & Maintain a Meditation Practice with a Family
Sacramento’s Katie Valenzuela Shows the Continued Power of Bernie’s Movement
After ugly crying at the results of the Biden coup last night, it was a tonic to breeze by a row of lawn signs on this perfect Sacramento spring day--all of which trumpeted candidates & issues that I voted for which seem to have prevailed in the … [Read more...] about Sacramento’s Katie Valenzuela Shows the Continued Power of Bernie’s Movement
Let’s talk about Medicare for All in Office Hours this week
--> My darlings,Do you fear losing your healthcare coverage? Let’s talk about Medicare for All, Universal Public College and day care, anything that you’re fearing right now (especially from a Bernie Sanders … [Read more...] about Let’s talk about Medicare for All in Office Hours this week
ANNOUNCING New Live Video Conference “Office Hours with Rev. Sara” — Join Me Live to Get through this Election Season and the News
WHAT: Office Hours with Rev. Sara WHERE: I’ll be live across platforms through Zoom videoconference. This way you can actually be in the room with me (it’s what it makes it “Office Hours”) and can ask me questions. … [Read more...] about ANNOUNCING New Live Video Conference “Office Hours with Rev. Sara” — Join Me Live to Get through this Election Season and the News
What if “self-hatred” were something we couldn’t even imagine or understand? Part III: Valentine’s Weekend Series
Another story changed how I saw the importance of cultivating Self Love. I read how the Dalai Lama and a group of his monks were meeting with a group of American spiritual types (I forget who). The Dalai Lama and the monks were taking … [Read more...] about What if “self-hatred” were something we couldn’t even imagine or understand? Part III: Valentine’s Weekend Series
Definitely Not in Search of Chocolate on the Grid in Sacramento, California
--> There are infinite ways to walk from J and 23rd streets to 5th and T,which is where I live.It’s a grid.The letters run east west.And the numbers run north south.Like that.There are so many ways to go,it can be difficult to know when to … [Read more...] about Definitely Not in Search of Chocolate on the Grid in Sacramento, California
Thoughts on Acquittal, Mitt Romney & the Presidential Election Today
Yesterday's acquittal of Donald J Trump showed both why Nancy Pelosi didn't want to do it, and why regular Democrats did. All along, Speaker Pelosi knew it would end this way and that the whole episode could feel like a fool's errand and a … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Acquittal, Mitt Romney & the Presidential Election Today
Spiritual Lessons to Draw from the Iowa Caucus
The Iowa Caucus and the collective (inter)national freakout it has fostered provides, like many of life’s challenges, a great opportunity to do our spiritual work around it. Specifically, we can remember What NOT to do in the middle of … [Read more...] about Spiritual Lessons to Draw from the Iowa Caucus
Well it’s Groundhog Day, Back on the Time Diet
I don't want to let Groundhog Day get too far in the rearview mirror without observing it. First of all, this year Punxsutawny Phil did NOT see his shadow. This is supposed to predict an early spring. Right here in Sacramento … [Read more...] about Well it’s Groundhog Day, Back on the Time Diet
Tradition One for Democrats: Unity–Can We Dems Get Smart about Staying Together?
Can we get smart in the Democratic primary about our common welfare? In a spiritual path that I walk, we have traditions that set the guardrails for our behavior with each other and in all aspects of our lives. We joke that the traditions are … [Read more...] about Tradition One for Democrats: Unity–Can We Dems Get Smart about Staying Together?