The Desert Foundation
We are a small informal Circle of Friends, exploring the wisdom of the desert and the inner desert of loss, grief, and injustice, offering stories of hope in a welcoming Tent of Meeting. You do not have to experience the geographical desert. Whether you live in the Sahara or San Francisco, the Mohave or Madagascar, the Sonoran or Saigon, the desert calls you to the intimate depths of your own heart and opens you to the hearts of the whole human family, the Beloved Community.
“The spiritual life requires us to do more than read a good book or go on a restful retreat… [It is] first and foremost about commitment to a way of thinking and behaving that honors principles of inter-being and interconnectedness.”
bell hooks, All about Love: New Visions
Who We Are
Reflections
Fire and Light Podcast: Ordinary Plenty
In our first 2024 Fire and...
Cheers!
Happy New Year! The greeting may sound glib at the beginning of 2024. But joy expresses courage in the face of pain and flaunts hopeful resistance in the face of angry disrespect. I remind myself that Christ is born and...
Christmas 2023
We hope your Advent deepened your hope even in the midst of dark times. Now we celebrate the Word made flesh, the great Light that shines on us who have dwelt in darkness and sorrow. Enjoy our brief illustrated celebration of 2023 and our Christmas greeting. And may these next twelve days bring you wonder and gratitude.
What We Do
Help us make the trek.
Your donation allows us to explore the wisdom of the desert, where we celebrate beauty and mourn in deserts of loss, grief and injustice.
Help us find and create stories of hope to share in our global Tent of Meeting.
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