Torching the Bridge
Are we programmed to hang on when we should be letting go? [Tweet “Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. Miguel Ruiz”] I was on Goodreads, scanning for some quotes to use in two upcoming funerals and clicked that I liked this one by Miguel Ruiz. I had just copied a quote by Kate […]
Culture Change – Bahro
This was taken off the coast of the Great Ocean Road in 2010. It was a wonderful trip. And those who, throughout my entire journey, have modeled that ability to face insecurity without fear, well, they are my heroes and with me every day.
What I learned at the American Humanist Association’s Annual Conference
A few days before Mother’s Day, I headed to Denver for the 74th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association’s Annual Conference. I, along with three other Directors of The Clergy Project (TCP), were sharing the work of TCP, each of us introducing a different aspect of the many realities faced by clergy caught in the […]
Love, Again
This week opened with the wonderful news that a tumor in the lung of a much-loved friend and member of West Hill was benign. A week or so ago, as the medical diagnosis was still pending, that friend asked me to rewrite the song Amazing Grace. Since Scott has already adapted the original words for use […]
bravery in the face of tyranny
intentionally focused contemplation: prayer beyond belief
Doesn’t it seem like the plethora of interactive electronic means for communication available to us has made it harder and harder for us to make time in our daily schedule to be truly attentive to those things that matter most in our lives: our relationships; the issues that are important to us; the values we […]
nurturing an empathic civilization
The world we want in 20 years begins this minute. Empathy is triggered when we consider the impact of our actions on the greater whole. But, when we’re born, we have only 15% of the neurons that route our decision-making to the parts of the brain that does that sort of thinking and we only […]
love must be learned
A simple but ever so hard truth from American short-story writer and novelist, Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980).
stones
A quote (put to one of my photos) by William Arthur Ward (1921-1997), an American author, editor, scholar, teacher, minister, and administrator at what is now Texas Weslyan University.