Embracing Darkness as a Journey into Light

Each year it seems that more of us are celebrating the winter solstice and the messages from nature. All month, the days grow shorter, the nights darker. This darkness invites us to know it; and to know our own darkness as potent and fertile. Though more often we experience the unknown with trepidation rather than delight, through experience we have also discovered that the unknown can be rich with possibility. I’m reminded of three remarkable people from whom the world draws ongoing inspirat...