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...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 31, 2026 | News
Letter to My Uncle by Joseph Curran Dear Uncle Paul, Sorry, I can’t do Memorial Day. It’s like a clamp on my heart, pressing deep, searching for purpose, an understanding for the meaning of grief. The clamp can help, it can hurt, it can repair, it can...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 24, 2026 | News
Above: Lorraine with sisters Mary Kimsey and Lusijah Marx Lorraine Arden Memorial Subud Stories As shared with her daughter, Elisa Arden For as long as I can remember, I have always been looking for a way to connect to God. I grew up in a family where religion played...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 17, 2026 | News
Above: Blue Mountain Collage by Roberta Hoffman Musings from the Board: To Kitsch or Not to Kitsch, Part 2 By Roberta Hoffman I grew up in the art world. My father was an art dealer, and his gallery held a wide range of work — from highly commercial art that many...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 10, 2026 | News
Photo credit: Fayra Teeters, featuring Masque Alfresco actors performing Looking Glass Alice in Wonderland My definition of this remarkably expressive Yiddish word as it applies to culture: Whenever artists twist themselves into a pretzel in order to be “politically...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Jan 3, 2026 | News
Pilar Walsh Memorial Assembled by Fayra Teeters From daughter Amalia Moore’s recent Facebook posting: My mother courageously endured a long journey with cancer but continued to inspire us all with her many talents, art, writing, and jewelry. I witnessed first hand the...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Dec 27, 2025 | News
Photo by Fayra Teeters, Menorah outside Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv Winter Festival of Lights 2025 by Fayra Teeters Note: This is the latest “script” for the yearly blended ceremony conducted at the Portland Subud House. All religions and cultures of the world...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 20, 2025 | News
The Two Swords, Part 3 by Benedict Herrman The countryside passed by peacefully as I drove west, the copses of trees and agricultural fields punctuated by towns and cities with boringly identical franchise businesses. What happened to individuality, I wondered,...
