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In Volume 31 issue 3 (Winter 2006-7) of Pilgrimage, we explore the theme of resto- ration. David James Duncan writes about restoration as it applies to moving water, the movement of the Spirit, and sustenance for potentially lost souls. Susan Tweit describes a back yard restoration project that reminds us we can do good work in small ways. Michelle Nickol hints at the kind of restoration that is needed on both sides of a prison wall. Nancy Leigh Harless tells the story of a good laugh that suggests the possibility of rehabilitation for a community of women in the war-torn Balkans. Amy Frykolm describes a turn toward the restoration of dignity that she witnesses while working in a high country soup kitchen. ~Peter Anderson, Editor, Pilgrimage
From “No Great Things . . .” by David James Duncan “ We can do no great things—only small things, with great love,” Mother Teresa once said. Mama T’s formula, at the dire time I rediscovered it, released so much pressure that I could breathe and relax my shoulders and smile again. Instead of waking each morning and defining myself as an impotent war protester in an America run by oil-worshipping thugs, I started waking up and thinking: “Okay. What small thing can I do today with love?
From “Layers” by Stanley Kunitz “I have walked through many lives, / some of them my own, / and I am not who I was, / though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle / not to stray.”
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