by Jasper Hoffman | Apr 11, 2026 | News
How God Calls Me to Do My Art By Anna Schroeder The way I’m called to do my art is one way my heart is opened by God. As a young person of 18, I had declared myself an atheist. Soon after, I spent a night in my studio painting a self-portrait. By morning it was...
by Jasper Hoffman | Apr 4, 2026 | News
Passover Seder / Easter Service / Spring Equinox Celebration By Fayra Teeters The following is the “script” from the 2026 Passover / Easter / Spring Equinox Celebration taking place at the Portland Subud House on Saturday, April 4th Host: Welcome to our Spring...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Mar 28, 2026 | News
Release of Death of a Blind Chicken By Benedict Herrman I am extremely pleased to announce the release of my new book, “The Death of a Blind Chicken and Other Stories from a Buddhist Farmer in Texas.” Some of you heard me read a few pages at last year’s National...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Mar 21, 2026 | News
Bradner Gardens Mosaic and Poems by Jim O’Halloran Bradner Gardens Park is a community garden and gathering place in South Seattle with individual veggie plots (P-patches), a community lawn, a basketball court, play area, educational gardens, and a community...
by Jasper Hoffman | Mar 14, 2026 | News
How Did I Get Here? By Anna Schroeder The Sky is bright blue. I find myself in the cab of a huge combine in the middle of a soybean field. How does a petite middle-aged female artist find herself here? I grew up in a small town with views on life that I found even...
by Jasper Hoffman | Mar 7, 2026 | News
Elisha Gullixson Memorial Part 2 Memories of Elisha by Lawrence Pevec Elisha was a lovely man. I didn’t see him that often in recent years as we lived far apart, but I have always felt close to him. I will miss his wry sense of humor and of course his incredible piano...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 28, 2026 | News
Elisha Gullixson Memorial Part 1 Remembering Elisha Gullixson by Jim O’Halloran I am so grateful to have known Elisha, for so many reasons. Foremost, Elisha was one of the helpers at my opening on April Fool’s Day, 1994. We have kept in touch ever since. After...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 21, 2026 | News
How We Mourn Them By Leana McClellan We sorrow for them on the street, in the wind chill, because that is where their hearts were frozen. Our sorrow spreads like their warm, unapologetic blood which frames the margins of their ending. Staring at our screens, we sorrow...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 14, 2026 | News
True Words By Emmanuel Aronie The following poem is yet another in a series of moving pieces written by someone who is clearly “walking his talk” as he serves his Brothers and Sisters in Ukraine. True Words,will avenge those brave souls, stuck in prison cells,while...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Feb 7, 2026 | News
Above: Underground Mouse, watercolor, by Roberta Hoffman Crazy Subud Stories Collected by Jim O’ Halloran The following stories were hilariously and movingly submitted by some of our favorite contributors: Crazy Subud Story by Hanafi Libman I think it must have...
