Category: Graduation

Like the liturgists of old, Arlin’s work troubles us where we are too comfortable and comforts us when we are troubled

Ritual helps us pay attention. From the joy of a recovery to the grief of a funeral, ritual helps us inhabit the breadth of human experience.

Is a ritual for saying goodbye to a sacred text appropriate for saying goodbye to people?

The tassel on my graduation hat that upgrades me to “graduate” status fails to display the very core of my education: the journey.

I’m not good at transitions, but there is comfort in knowing that even when things are “new-ish,” I never really have to go through them alone.