Well, stick season is upon us. Sure, there is still a passel of trees along city streets with limp yellow or curled brown leaves hanging on – overachievers that will soon succumb. Oaks may be the … [Read more...]
Ode to Karl
He was my therapist for five years, off and on but only because I was chickenshit. I don’t know how old he was, but I’m guessing he had me by at least fifteen years – just enough to keep me almost … [Read more...]
Listening to the world all around rather than only what has to do with us
On a recent morning, cup of coffee in hand, sitting on my bench in the meadow behind my house, dog chewing her most recent stick acquisition, I counted the bird songs. I was remembering how … [Read more...]
DENIM SPIRIT: Just like a cat…or a sea slug
Link to Finger Lake Times where this column appears: http://www.fltimes.com/opinion/denim-spirit-just-like-a-cat-or-a-sea-slug/article_1767a572-1783-11e6-8848-2bb2662b400a.html A fluff of down … [Read more...]
Joy verses Happiness; Faith verses Belief: A Re-set for Religion
The difference between joy and happiness is that joy has no words. It is indescribable. Happiness can be colored in between the lines while joy leaks out everywhere and onto everything. Happiness … [Read more...]
The Myth of Sinfulness
The myth of sinfulness is a problem. The notion that there is such a thing as “original sin” is rooted in the idea that there was a time when human beings were different than we are now AND that … [Read more...]
One foot in the past, one in the present, imagining a future
After Martin Luther King Day I find myself humming or whistling “Lift Every Voice” for a week, the same as with any of a dozen carols from Christmas Eve until New Year’s. This year was a particularly … [Read more...]
What Else We May See In The Mirror
Let’s muse about one of the most persistent criticisms of religion: that religious beliefs are nothing more than a projection of human values and needs onto something we call God. We hear … [Read more...]
Awakening the Voices of the Wounded Within
“We do not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.” (Carl Jung) “You do not have to be good… you only have to let the soft animal of your body love … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: It’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It!
The Story of Our Lives Story shapes reality. On the surface we imagine that story is only, well, story. But story is power. The one with the best story wins. Story shapes reality but we go along … [Read more...]