PinnedSara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.The Goddess of the Dawn and Reckonings with Time(s): On Eostre, Easter, and transitioning between…Before the term “Easter” was associated with the most important moment in the Christian liturgical cycle, the term referred to an ancient…31 min read·Mar 30, 2024----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.Lady Pancakes the Rabbit and related Spring Metaphors… Between metaphors and reality: suggestions…I know more and more people who recognize the need to re-connect with the cycle of the seasons as part of reconnecting with Earth as part…9 min read·Mar 30, 2024----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.So you (also) are engaging with depression?’I recently received a letter from an older woman in my community who is struggling with depression. It prompted me to write a long…9 min read·Feb 14, 2024----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.When it’s about the food: Thanksgiving, decolonization, and stories embedded in land and food“What if it’s really just about food and family and football?” a friend asked me not so long ago. “What if it is not really about America’s…22 min read·Nov 22, 2023----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.When decolonizing is part of your (spiritual) journey….“Do your own work,” “Look to your own culture, not to ours,” “Stop taking other people’s spiritual pathways and cultures! Especially after…10 min read·Sep 10, 2023----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.How Do We Return?Be it a retreat, conference, vacation, or another adventure: spend time focusing on the art of returning, rather than only ongoing/leaving.11 min read·May 23, 2023--1--1
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.Thanksgiving — working with time to untangle ‘what happened,’ ‘why we celebrate,’ and what it…Thanksgiving: a feast, a celebration, a prayer, a fantasy, a reality, an origin story. Increasingly, people are asking, “what really…21 min read·Nov 18, 2022----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.Healing and rememberingSometimes when I work on people as a bodyworker, when I'm physically touching their bodies, I feel within them the histories of…4 min read·Sep 16, 2022----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.LughnasaBetween Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox lies Lughnasa, one of the four cross-holidays of the Celtic Wheel of the Year. The other…4 min read·Aug 8, 2022----
Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div.When its not about “your best year ever”: planning for 2022 without relying upon false narrativesCan we create new ways of approaching a new year?7 min read·Jan 7, 2022----