Discovering the divine in her own backyard
Author: Tracy Cochran
Tracy Cochran is editorial director of Parabola. For more information, please visit tracycochran.org.
Going to the movies, mindfully
Seeing the light when it is darkest
A meditation teacher loses her voice—and finds her way
A visit to Havana, a priceless discovery
A mother and daughter trace their roots to the Vikings—and to those they conquered
The summer after I graduated from college, days before I moved to New York City to launch a real adult life, I saw a ghost—an apparition, a spirit, an angel.
Naming Rumpelstiltskin, and the path to self-knowledge
How deeply we fear being nobody. One way to think of the ego is as a defense against pain, particularly the pain of being no one.
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.