Important Life Lessons We Can Learn From Our Dogs Don’t hold grudges What does a grudge do? Holding a grudge is like holding onto an anchor and jumping into […]

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” — Albert Einstein Goals. Goal #1. Well… to die. Did you think […]

I was deeply moved by this film. It gave me entirely new understanding of the “racial” reality… how, indeed, it is a matter of consciousness… how “white” people (like myself) […]

The classical meaning of peregrinus is “stranger;” in the Middle Ages the term was used to express the concept of “pilgrim.” While the stranger was by definition a person without […]

IN THE FACE OF DEATH: PEACE AT THE LAST Teresa Berger June 17, 2017 A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post about a brief ritual, created by the […]

When I say … “I am a Christian” I’m not shouting “I’m clean livin’.” I’m whispering “I was lost, Now I’m found and forgiven.” When I say … “I am […]

JUSTIN JENNINGS, June 25, 2017 I miss you And your sure and gentle presence I miss you And your quick and beautiful smile I miss you And the way we […]

To sleep, perchance to dream…. Hamlet I learned recently that bees do not sleep. Neither do wasps. I add such trivia to the brain folder that has long held similar […]

My latest read: Creativity Unzipped Creativity Unzipped: Why Your Thoughts Matter. Jan Phillips In the work we create, the stories we tell, there is always the possibility that others will […]

Below is the homily for June 19, 2016. (The Sunday following the killings at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida). Context: If you were to read the New Testament in […]