’Lamentation names what is wrong, what is out of order in God’s world, what keeps human beings from thriving in all their creative potential. Simple acts of lament expose these conditions, name them, open them to grief and anger and make them visible for remedy.

In its complaint and anger and grief, lamentation protests conditions that prevent human thriving and this resistance may finally prepare the way for healing.’

— Kathleen O’Conn

It was Christmas Eve. I had just spent five days in Amsterdam with friends and family, six months after our move to Sweden. In an attempt to find some stillness, I picked up my phone to check the news. “Moon to become graveyard for old satellites: 'Most practical solution’,” headlined a Dutch news site.

Restoring the Mother-Daughter Relationship: A Personal Journey Through the Myth of Demeter. In a society built on dominant masculine values, the mother-daughter relationship has often become disrupted; this was also the case in my personal life. The myth of Demeter leads the way in how we can recognize and heal this disruption. In this essay, I share my personal journey through this myth.