Spirituality

If you’ve been in Crestone for a while chances are you have visited Little Shepherd in the Hills Episcopal church. It’s just north of Crestone Town Hall on Alder Street. The old log cabin at the back of the property is the chapel where worship services are conducted twice a month. The well-used fellowship hall is on the north and the beautiful community garden is on the south side of the churchyard. Volunteers help Ginny Ducale with the community garden, which grows more productive each summer. Much of the produce goes to the Crestone Food Bank. Volunteers usually prepare a...

In the August Crestone Eagle we reported that the initial ritual asking the permission of the dieties of the land to build a stupa honoring Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche had taken place. We can now report the next steps taken beginning October 7, the first day of the 9th lunar month. The task of leveling the site began.  From the picture two things are clear:  the site for the stupa is small and the amount of earth to be moved is large.  Ben Brack used his small orange Kubota, a perfect size for this delicate task.  Monitoring the process of leveling,...