Welcome to the Chapel

The spiritual center of our daily life is the little six-sided chapel on the hill. There seems to be an endless universe inside this small shrine. We always feel more “at-home” here than in any other place on earth. When we are away, especially in challenging times, this is the place we hold in our thoughts and prayers. Many who have visited us feel the same way. In this section we invite our friends to participate in our chapel experiences in a number of ways.

We very much believe in the importance of SOLIDARITY or standing together at challenging times, and we invite people to share the issues in their lives. When you click on solidarity@starcross.org an automatic email comes up. Just write down anything you wish and send it to us. When we receive it we will show it to each other and put it in a basket in the chapel to remind us every day for a month.

We invite friends to share with us a QUIET MOMENT of meditation. Here you will find one approach to the ancient monastic prayer practice traditionally called LECTIO DIVINA.

For many years haiku has been a unique aspect of our spiritual life. For a general statement about this form of poetry go to HAIKU. From there you can go to a more detailed introduction to HAIKU WRITING and learn more about one of our favorite poets, ISSA.

Remembering those who have died and reaching out to the grieving has always been a natural part of our lives. Each evening at Vespers we read names from our Memorial Books. To have some one you love included in that act of remembrance go to MEMORIAL and fill out the brief form. We have also cleared an area in our Garden of Memories to enable friends, without cost, to have a place for the cremated remains of loved ones as is now allowed under California law.

We are dedicating trees in our olive orchard to honor the living or remember those who have died. If you would like to know more, go to OLIVE TREE DEDICATION..

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