Morning Readings

Each weekday morning we start our service with a reading. You'll find the archive here.

Due to copyright restrictions, we do not publish the actual text to the readings. We do however link to a Google search that should help you find it quickly.

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Jane Hirshfield

June 2026

Fri
05
Jun
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Burlap Sack

by Jane Hirshfield

July 2025

Mon
21
Jul
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The Gods Are Not Large

by Jane Hirshfield

May 2025

Mon
19
May
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The Heart’s Counting Knows Only One

by Jane Hirshfield

April 2025

Thu
10
Apr
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Each Moment a White Bull…

by Jane Hirshfield

March 2025

Wed
26
Mar
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A Cedary Fragrance

by Jane Hirshfield

January 2025

Tue
21
Jan
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A Small Mystery

by Jane Hirshfield

October 2024

Fri
25
Oct
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Standing Deer

by Jane Hirshfield

March 2024

Mon
11
Mar
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Lighthouse

by Jane Hirshfield

November 2023

Tue
21
Nov
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November: Remembering Voltaire

by Jane Hirshfield

Thu
16
Nov
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Leaving the Kingdom of the Palace

by Jane Hirshfield

Thu
09
Nov
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Percolation

by Jane Hirshfield

October 2023

Fri
20
Oct
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I Only Asked the Leaf

by Jane Hirshfield

Fri
13
Oct
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Open the Window

by Jane Hirshfield

September 2023

Thu
07
Sep
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Green-Striped Melons

by Jane Hirshfield

September 2021

Thu
16
Sep
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Recalling a Sung Dynasty Landscape

by Jane Hirshfield

August 2021

Tue
24
Aug
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Leaving the October Palace

by Jane Hirshfield

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