Helms JarrellApr 14, 20202 minCyclical wonderingsI return to one or more of these thoughts at least 1x every 20 minutes. Not exaggerating. These are written in no particular order. Why...
Helms JarrellApr 11, 20205 minProphets of a future not our ownYesterday, Greg, Ben, and I were co-writing a OpEd we'll be sending to the Charlotte Observer. (We'll see where that goes.) As we were w...
Helms JarrellApr 11, 20204 minBehind the scenes at evening prayersWhen Common Prayer:A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals came out in 2010, our community adopted it. We had previously used a mishmash of self...
Helms JarrellApr 11, 20203 minMondays are alrightMonday mornings begin with a walk around the neighborhood- me, Greg, Brother dog. Coffee next with breakfast. Another walk or a bike ri...
Helms JarrellApr 9, 20202 minEssentialWhat is essential? Amazon said they would limit deliveries to essential items only. A stuffed toy cat arrived in a too-large cardboard ...
Helms JarrellApr 7, 20201 minToday, all I have are phrasesOne of my sacred kindred people is in the hospital today. Tumors. Surgery One of my sacred kindred people is in the hospital today. Ba...
Helms JarrellApr 4, 20201 minGood thingsA list of things that are good to me right now My children are happier with all this one on one attention Journaling for documentation an...
Helms JarrellApr 3, 20205 minOh Lord, How? And How long?I don't know how long we've been at this new routine and way. If feels like a long time and also not. Some days, most days, there'll be...
Helms JarrellMar 27, 20202 minScarcity mindset is on the riseI can feel the scarcity narrative resounding within me. I don't know how to get rid of it quite yet. Here's how it goes. Greg and I los...
Helms JarrellMar 27, 20201 minCreative Praxis beyond CoronaPerhaps this saturated an intense time is helping to point things out that are or have been always the case. Here is one of those things...
Helms JarrellMar 25, 20202 minCorona Week 2 WednesdayRemember watching that TV show? The period piece set back in time? It was the one where there was a plague an outbreak, or a war. Do y...
Helms JarrellMar 21, 20203 minCorona week 1 noticingsFor me, this first week of shifting has been been guided by crisis mode stress. I guess it is good to notice my go-to's in stress: Reach...
Helms JarrellMar 20, 20202 minParenting in the apocalypse is....Hard. I don't know how to parent. I've never done it before. I especially don't know how to homeschool, work from home, housekeep, and...
Helms JarrellMar 19, 20202 minCorona week 1Hello blog readers, I'm going to make an attempt to record these moments. I'm not going to make an attempt to make them perfect. I thin...
Helms JarrellMar 13, 20202 minTo Our HealthI'm thinking about the things that are going to keep us whole in these moments. And I'm thinking about the future. How are we committin...
Helms JarrellMar 12, 20201 mina moment of fear, fadingI'm not a highly anxious person. I don't show much fear. Ever. I'm afraid this time. Fear has dug in a bit. Here's what I'm afraid of....
Helms JarrellMar 12, 20201 minH2O- Elemental RetributionThis new exhibition explores the interpersonal perceptions and human relationship to water through the perspectives of contemporary art. ...
Helms JarrellMar 9, 20202 minCompanion PlantingThere is a beloved garden relationship coveted by any green thumb. "The Three Sisters," made up of corns, beans, and squash, are three cr...
Helms JarrellJan 31, 20201 minJoin me in working against Source of Income DiscriminationDid you know that landlords can legally discriminate against tenant-applicants' source of income? This means even if a potential tenant h...
Helms JarrellJan 31, 20201 minWork in ProgressI am currently working on a toolkit, recognition cards, organizational development team building card deck, and poster that are centered ...