by Kathleen Staudt | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am so pleased with this collaborative effort with my sister Beth who is a musician and composer. She has set to music my poem Lenten Villanelle . Here’s the link to the video
by Kathleen Staudt | Dec 8, 2020 | Advent, retreats, spirituality
We come to the Advent season and this year is for me, as for many, a disorienting time: no one coming home for the holidays, so I lose one of my most treasured incarnational symbols of the coming of Love — expressed through all our gatherings. And we have zoom,...
by Kathleen Staudt | Jul 7, 2020 | anti-racism, Justice, poetry
Years ago, visiting the Jefferson Memorial, I noticed these words inscribed on the wall – I am surprised that there hasn’t been more mention of them in our recent national conversation about racism and white supremacy He writes – way too mildly, we can all...
by Kathleen Staudt | Jun 15, 2020 | Evelyn Underhill, retreats, spirituality
Today, June 15, is the feast day of Anglican writer and spiritual guide Evelyn Underhill. A “hinge” event for me each year, in my own spiritual calendar, is the Day of Quiet Reflection in honor of Underhill that is sponsored annually by the Evelyn Underhill...
by Kathleen Staudt | May 31, 2020 | Justice, mourning, poetry, prayer
The church celebrates the Feast of Pentecost today: the day when the first Christians, gathered in fear after Jesus’ Ascension, received the gift of the Holy Spirit, coming as tongues of flame, with a sound like a rushing wind. (Acts 2:1-11). I write this as...