BTBC Curriculum

Patient Trust Above All, trust in the slow work of the SpiritWe are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach

A couple of posts ago I wrote about what it means to be from somewhere. That’s a concept that has

Aunty Pua, or Uncle Eric Enos once said: “We need a Ka‘ala in every ahupua‘a.”  They were referring to Ka‘ala

When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,Time takes on the strain until it breaks;Then all the unattended stress falls

The `Ahu Onto my flattened hand Diane placed, First, the white pu keawe Then, pink `a`ali`i, And, from a deep

THE MOUSE IS DREAMING In a dark hole behind the washing machine The house-mouse is dreaming.Whiskers, body, tail – twitching and

modified: June 16, 2007 Building the Beloved Community: Theory and PracticeDeveloped by Puanani Burgess Things to think about:Often, we find

Aloha mai kākou,  Happy day after Mother’s Day! I’ve been lucky to have a lot of interactions with some amazing

Aloha mai kākou! I honor your Gods,I drink at your well,I bring an undefended heart to our meeting place,I have

Once I left Hōkūle‘a, the voyaging canoe, on an airplane. This was before the pandemic. Aunty and I were going

How to Be a Poet By Wendell Berri(to remind myself) i   Make a place to sit down.   Sit down. Be quiet.   You must

Aloha nui nō kākou, “Busy-ness can easily become a cover for mediocrity when you don’t make time for proximity.” –