Nick and I are on a private weekend getaway and we’re resting up before we go out on the town. For years I got flack and ridicule because I wanted to see Miami Beach. I had the impression that unless you’re 21 years old and looking for club hopping, music thumping nights, it’s not really […]
Spirituality and Religion
Spiritual Grub: God on 9/11
In reflecting about the anniversary of 9/11, it seems that the deeper the tragedy, the more media has to say. We are saturated with pictures, images, and voices, each network competing with documentaries, interviews, reruns of original news coverage, and sports teams opening their games with moving ceremonies to fill our minds and hearts with […]
The Power of Healing
You know what I thought about today — the way people don’t question or assume anything when the word “healing” is used. In circles of medical professional, doctors, even spiritual ministers, when someone is “healing,” it’s as if there is a quiet reverence for the process someone is going through to get back to place […]
Poetry on Feminist Catholicism
I wrote a poem about Adam and Eve. Well, more about Eve than Adam. I don’t believe in the literal interpretation of Genesis. I don’t believe in the apple, the garden, the tree, the temptation, the Fall, or the banishment. I do believe that oral story telling is a rich part of tradition and somewhere […]
Tribute to the Lolas
Tribute to the Lolas
I spent an evening with The Lolas of Lila Pilipina, the surviving comfort women of WWII in the Philippines. An evening of strength and joy, these women danced and sang their hearts out. When the music didn’t come out of the karaoke machine, they danced a capella to, “You are My Sunshine.” It wasn’t that […]
Tribute to the Lolas
Hung on a wall of their home, many tapestries tell the story of the violence inflicted upon them by the Japanese soldiers during World War II. Often kidnapped, coerced, or tricked into going with the soldiers, they were made to work during the day in garrisons doing laundry, cleaning, and cooking. By nightfall, they were […]
Tribute to the Lolas of Lila Pilipina
Lola Dolor, Survivor of Japanese WWII Rape Camp
A short documentary about a Filipina survivor of the Japanese Rape Camps. Mabuhay.