by Rachel Carey-Harper | Jan 21, 2025 | Meetinghouse Floor
What Do We Do When Evil Wins? In the depths of my hopelessness and despair following the election, the existential question for me was: “What do we do when evil wins?” Gradually, what got me out of bed was that I can and should prioritize helping and...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Jan 20, 2025 | Meetinghouse Floor
Catastrophic Misfortune to Miracle I have been thinking about how many people are being forced to come to a place where we adjust to a new political reality, and this can be extremely difficult. One of the crucial things that makes it hard for me is that I’ve lost...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Jan 19, 2025 | Meetinghouse Floor
Beyond the Beyond As scientists gaze at the stars using more and more sophisticated equipment, they come to realize that beyond the farthest star are whole universes and beyond that more beyond. Just so, as we turn our eyes to heaven in prayer or close them to look...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Jan 18, 2025 | Meetinghouse Floor
Saying “YES” A brief and funny exchange happened when I startled a co-worker who exclaimed, “Jesus Christ!. ” I replied, “Sorry, no.” We both giggled. This prompted me to think about how this interaction related to the well-used George Fox quote: “Walk cheerfully over...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Jan 17, 2025 | Meetinghouse Floor
“Love Never Faileth” There are times that feel like an important transition point, particularly when one year, where trouble seems to be on the horizon, passes and the other begins. It’s not only the transition of the calendar but our social stability that can...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Jan 16, 2025 | Meetinghouse Floor
When Greed Became Good People often think that the opposite of love is either hate or indifference, but maybe it’s actually greed. In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, my parents taught at an ultra-wealthy boarding school. The students there, though, never displayed their...
