Befriending the Yellowjackets – Ariel Aaronson-Eves

In this sermon, guest preacher Ariel Aaronson-Eves invites us to reflect on how we relate to the world around us and the various traditions that have connected or disconnected people from the land and its creatures. What healing becomes possible when we open ourselves up to communicating with even the most pesky of yellowjacket wasps? What kind of counter-oppressive culture might be created through relationships of reciprocity within our ecosystems? (Recording opens with an excerpt from The Seasons, op. 37a, no.1, January by Tchaikovsky, played by Maria Khavin, then a reading by Emily Kedar. Meditation led by our guest speaker, then the sermon. The final music is from “Stardust” by H. Carmichael, played by Maria.)