by Dorothy Greco | May 4, 2020 | Blog, Current events, Spirituality
Like many of you, I’ve been doing a lot of walking in the past eight weeks. One route takes me past an orchard. Two weeks ago, the peach and nectarine trees were just coming into bloom, bringing a pale pink hue to the fields. When I turned the corner toward the...
by Dorothy Greco | Apr 24, 2020 | Articles, Earth Care/Stewardship, Perennial Gen
I wish I had a photo of myself on the first Earth Day fifty years ago. I was nine, had long brown pigtails, and probably wore a homemade, tie-dyed shirt. I tried to motivate my classmates to join me in a celebratory clean-up but instead walked alone along the river...
by Dorothy Greco | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter, Spirituality
This season is ripe with paradox. As I look out my office window, the forsythia is in bloom, fat robins are pulling worms out of the earth, and the temperature is finally edging over fifty. And yet… Here in Massachusetts, we are in week five of shelter-in-place and...
by Dorothy Greco | Apr 20, 2020 | At the Intersection of Faith & Culture, Blog, Health & Wellness, Leadership, Spirituality
I don’t know about you but one of the ways the pandemic has changed my daily life is that I’m praying more. When I care deeply about someone or some issue, that’s my natural inclination. However, this pandemic has gone on much longer than your...
by Dorothy Greco | Apr 17, 2020 | Articles, Marriage & Family, MOPs
We all know that we need to nurture our marriages. Thanks to COVID-19, date nights are off the table and frankly, most of us are so physically and mentally exhausted from what this season is asking of us that we can barely muster the energy for a hug. But given that...
by Dorothy Greco | Apr 4, 2020 | At the Intersection of Faith & Culture, Blog, Current events, Race/Racial Reconciliation, Spirituality
This past week, week three of our shelter-in-place, I went for a walk in the nearby conservation land. Though it has become much more popular since the threat of COVID-19 has eliminated most normal recreational activities, it’s by no means crowded. Which is why what...
by Dorothy Greco | Mar 29, 2020 | Blog, Current events, Spirituality
If you put your ear to the ground, you can hear the sound of idols toppling across the land. In the past month, we’ve seen: • the Dow’s biggest fall in three decades • highest number of unemployment claims in US history • the cancellation of all sporting events,...
by Dorothy Greco | Mar 25, 2020 | At the Intersection of Faith & Culture, Blog, Current events
Like most of us, I had what felt like an insane week during the first seven days of our COVID-19 shelter in place. I lived through the hype of Y2K and the horror of 9/11. This is unlike both. For one, I’ve never, ever seen churches shut their doors! One of the...
