That Clear and Certain Sound (review)
That Clear and Certain Sound
by Pamela Haines
reviewed by Mary Ann Petersen
What rings true? Something with “that clear and certain sound.”
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That Clear and Certain Sound
by Pamela Haines
reviewed by Mary Ann Petersen
What rings true? Something with “that clear and certain sound.”
A writing project undertaken to deepen the author's insights into his own spiritual life.
A poem about turmoil, from a Friend in Olympia, WA.
On Sunday morning, August 4th, 2019, Susan Wilson and I left our home in Central Vermont. We had filled a twenty-foot rental truck with our possessions, hitched our car to the back of the truck, and started driving toward California. We were leaving behind our beloved friends and family, our lovely home, and the magic of the Green Mountains.
Notes taken during a silent retreat, during which the author confronted a Faith and Practice, a steep and slippery trail, and a squirrel.
The question of how to have a fulfilling existence during our short time on earth is especially significant in contemporary society. Many of us find that we struggle much less than our ancestors did for survival and basic necessities. We don’t have tigers chasing us, or wolves bothering us.
Like many others, I was drawn to the Religious Society of Friends by its compassionate work with people in need. As an undergraduate in the 1960s, I witnessed that compassion first-hand by participating in several AFSC projects, including visiting mental-hospital patients in the Bay Area and working with disadvantaged children during Freedom Summer in Memphis, Tennessee.
