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Category: essay

Clear Our Minds: Finding Healing in Nature

August 27, 2024August 26, 2024 admin@casaalterna.orgLeave a comment

Amid these challenges, a heartfelt desire began to resonate within the walls of Casa Alterna: "We need an outing to clear our minds!"

Posted in asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, essay, immigrants, joy, Mental health, nature, peaceTagged Lake Burton, Mental health, nature, Quakers, self-care

“Beloved Strength: Welcoming New Life and Resilience”

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Anton1 Comment

The combined meaning of the babies’ names, 'beloved strength,' embodies the beauty and resilience within Casa Alterna’s walls, visible now more than ever.

Posted in accompaniment, Advent, Children, essay, faith, hope, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, joy, love, Mother's Day, parenting, peace, refugeesTagged babies, beloved strength, new life, newborns, resilience

Nourishing Bonds

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 Anton1 Comment

"The Divine delights in the gracious act of sharing a meal prepared with love."

Posted in accompaniment, Atlanta, Atlanta Friends Meeting, essay, Hospitality, immigrantsTagged asylum, asylum seekers, East Asia, mutuality

Not Alone

March 6, 2023March 7, 2023 AntonLeave a comment

"This is the last photo I took with my son on my last day with him. He was only two weeks old."

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, Children, contemplation, Courage, essay, LentTagged guerilla grou, kidnapping, South America

On prophets and “pastorcitos”

July 15, 2022August 12, 2022 Anton2 Comments

I hope little Israel knows that I see that of God in him.

Posted in accompaniment, asylum, Atlanta Friends Meeting, Children, essay, hope, Hospitality, housing, immigrants, UncategorizedTagged asylum seekers, Children, Hospitality, Quakers

Sojourning with Love

October 14, 2021July 10, 2022 Anton2 Comments

Solitude is abandoning ourselves to the simplicity and sacredness of a Maker who loves us the same.

Posted in contemplation, essay, nature, silence, solitude, UncategorizedTagged contemplation, hiking, nature, silence, solitude

The Solitude of Springer (essay)

May 16, 2020August 4, 2022 AntonLeave a comment

Sitting in solitude beside Springer Mountain I mystically sense a gracious, indiscriminate love.

Posted in essay, love, nature, peace, silence, simplicity, solitude, UncategorizedTagged solitude

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