Eido Roshi and Tessa Bielecki add levity to Naropa Institute’s Buddhist-Christian dialogue by singing Tessa's parody of “Do You Love Me?” from Fiddler on the Roof.Tessa Bielecki, our Desert Foundation Executive Co-Director, is delighted to offer reflections on Buddhist-Christian dialogue and on “Seasons of the Soul” at Naropa University...
In our first 2024 Fire and Light podcast, “Ordinary Plenty: Celtic...
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.
In our second Fire and Light podcast, we explore the beauty of candlelight and the Feast of Candlemas. In honor of Black History Month we reflect on the spirituality of the late civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis. We celebrate the universal appreciation of candlelight and blessing candles in spiritual ceremonies. We suggest a...
Tessa Bielecki is happy to announce tessabielecki.com, her new web site. “Such a fruitful harvest for me,” she says. The words from a song Tom Renaud wrote for her decades ago at Nova Nada in Nova Scotia set the tone for the new site: “The seasons surround me like a circle of friends.” Four seasons expressed in four...
We're delighted to present our Summer 2022 Caravans, which includes an invitation to join Tessa at The Women Mystics School. You'll also read a new expression of our...
Simple children’s books are sometimes deep inspiration for adults. This is true of Jerusalem Sky, written and illustrated by Dr. Mark Podwal. This beautiful book begins, “With wonders and miracles, the sky over Jerusalem touches the world below.…...