by Dorothy Greco | Jun 13, 2020 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Blog, Nature, Photography
Ferns are some of the oldest living plants on the earth. Watching these Interrupted Ferns develop day after day, I felt as if I was witnessing something being born. They tend to appear in early spring, always in groups, and are sheathed in a fabric-like cover. As they...
by Dorothy Greco | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog, Race/Racial Reconciliation
For the past four hundred years—since the first time white settlers brought enslaved black men to what would become America in 1619—we have systematically treated black men and women as less than. White supremacy was actually written into our Constitution and though...
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 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...