For transgressions against God, the Day of Atonement atones, but for transgressions of one human being against another, the Day of Atonement does not atone until they have made peace with each other.—Gates of Prayer, Reform Jewish High Holiday prayer book Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine. – Patti Smith, “Gloria” “Hindsight is 20/20” the saying goes but it’s not true. My own sight hasn’t been 20/20 since […]
Tag Archives | No irredeemable people
Joe Cottonwood | Spring Rain was her name
To behold her would wash your eyes. Her child she named Bebop Blue but we all called him Bop. Spring Rain and child, they lived in a rusty old van. At school she volunteered teaching the Great Books to ragamuffins with a wild passion until the day she parked the van, middle of the highway, locked the doors blocking traffic behind mandala curtains screaming too much evil—Evil!— in life. At […]
Monika Martyn | Dance through the funk
Dawn fingered in through the window and gently prodded Stella into waking. She blinked and turned toward the face of dawn, shining in her muted light of blue, to get a better look. She could tell from its pale light that morning had eclipsed the long night and was winning. As always, the tender— yet subtle light in the sky matched her soul and urged Stella to rise. Dawn symbolized […]
No irredeemable people | An interview with Sita Lozoff
Sita Lozoff is the spiritual director of Human Kindness Foundation, whose primary work is the Prison-Ashram Project. The project encourages incarcerated men and women to use their time in prison for spiritual growth, as if they were living in an ashram. Sita and her late husband, Bo, began the Prison-Ashram Project in 1973, as part of spiritual leader Ram Dass’s Hanuman Foundation. In 1987 they founded Human Kindness Foundation to continue the work. Over the last […]
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