A New Influence
Ours is a world reduced to valuing only that to which a number can be attached, yet this perception of life as a series of calculations leaves out everything that we cannot quantify.
To The Letter
Honestly, one must practically carry a translation guide to crack the code of common text messages sent by anyone under the age 35, what with all the LOL’s and BTW’s and NRN’s.
Midwest Deception
Where else do old tires get recycled into flower planters, swings for kids, No Trespassing signs and salt block feeders?
Be the Channel
The truth is, as wonderful as an Only Good News channel sounds, we can all get better at making subtle shifts individually, that would achieve nearly the same outcome.
What’s a Couple Degrees?
The climate may have changed only by a few degrees over the last couple centuries, but it seems our awareness of our own relationship to the earth, and nature’s influence, has been drastically altered to a far larger degree.
Chapters of Life
“Life is lived in chapters,” she said. “Life is long. You will have time to do everything you want to do, just not all at the same time.”
MLK’s Dream
And as racial prejudice and hostility within this nation of emigrants continues to restrict and ruin lives, we remain an embodiment of contradictions.
Looking Back To Move On
We are all called to be people of courage in the more humble and often unnoticed realms of family life and work…
Mary Magdalene and the Feminine Face of God
The good news is the revival of interest, and postulation over Mary’s heretofore underplayed presence, indicates a collective awakening to the long-standing absence of half the face of humanity: the feminine form of grace.
Thoreau’s Thoughts Still Relevant
In this video, I share one of my favorite passages from the book, Walden, written in 1846.