Thanks for a smooth, 92-person offering today! Attached is our group photo -- w/out our beloved Valerie (hope you're well, Val -- I mean, Valerie :)).
Some of my highlights ...
Valerie hearing about us from via a Twitt by Ashton Kutcher?!?
Sura coming in with her hand-made "one-dollar cards" and feeling...
The Most Powerful Advice You've Ever Received
The week before last, the theme-of-the-day at Karma Kitchen was "Wisdom" and as a Step-It-Up activity guests were asked to share the most compelling advice that has ever come their way. Karma Kitchen volunteer Dae Houlihan created this beautiful collage out of their answers...
Dear Friends,
When Karma Kitchen saw an unusual number of last-minute crew cancellations last week, three last-minute heroes (Eva, Sue and Ami) stepped forward and a "lean, mean" crew of nine took charge this Sunday with a buoyancy and ease that first-timer Neesha couldn’t help but remark on.
So...
I’m a high school teacher in San Jose, teaching World Religions as a Senior Elective, and I’ve been going to Karma Kitchen infrequently for the past few years. In teaching various faith traditions from around the world, the idea of “karma” certainly comes into the classroom discussion. But, as you may know...
What an amazing Avocado of a day at Karma Kitchen! As Jazz pointed out during our opening circle Karma Kitchen is like that guacamole-giving fruit in that it is difficult to describe to someone who's never 'tasted' it before -- is something that needs experiencing in order to be understood. :-)
Thank you All for co-creating that...
Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away. --Robert Fulghum
Last Sunday at Karma Kitchen the Theme-of-the-Day was Peace and guests who wandered through the door were invited to reflect on a simple question:
"Where do you find peace?"...
Karma Kitchen DC has been running for six months strong! Today, we had our first ever Volunteer Appreciation event - a Potluck at the restaurant where we hold Karma Kitchen! It was an abundance of food, friends, and fun! Our amazing volunteers and guests brought dishes ranging from indian comfort food to exotic rice dishes to...
Hi all, Lehua here.........I served a community table of 3 on Sunday and it was a magical experience. All 3 folks were always in such engaging discussion and my last visit to the table to give them there certificate that asked me to join and the rest is history. this is how it went, One of the gals said that she had been looking for my...
Be Vocal In Times of Beauty we urged our guests a couple of Sundays ago. And they complied filling out the colored squares with reflections, perspectives, and instances of the beautiful in their own lives. Extracts of some of the wisdom, inspiration and insight they shared strung together is almost a poem unto itself:
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I don't know how many noticed this, but yesterday just as orientation ended, a passerby's shopping bag handle snapped on the sidewalk right outside Karma Kitchen. As the woman scrambled to pick up her groceries, a frustrated "now-how-am-I-going-to-get-all-this-home" look on her face, one of our volunteers – Lehua, ran...