Are we looking hard enough for friendship, love, brotherhoo...

March 15, 2021
love-friendship-brotherhood
The incivility of the world around us gets to me, I have to admit. The chasms between us seem infinitely huge.  How did we lose the important traits of friendship,...
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What I know to be true

January 11, 2021
truisms
A truism is something that is obviously true. But no matter how obvious, sometimes we just don't want to believe they are true. Here are a few examples of truisms,...
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Discover (or rediscover) the healing power of honest conver...

November 23, 2020
honest-conversation
Each of us goes through challenging periods in our lives, times of struggle and pain. If we're lucky, we count one or two trusted comrades among our friends. Folks who...
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Connect with the clarity that comes from maturity — a...

November 3, 2020
clarity
When the veil that obscures our vision is removed, the perfect clarity that results is a beautiful thing. Oh, it may not be the most comfortable thing, but it clears the...
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Dreams die hard

October 26, 2020
dreams-die-hard
Walking down the hall in my temporary hotel quarters in my hometown, a discarded star on the carpet caught the light and my attention. It's been there for at least...
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Why you should respect but not fear looking within

October 5, 2020
looking-within
If you had asked me months ago if I thought looking within was challenging I'd have said "absolutely not!" Well, not so damn fast. I'm in my hometown, 2,500+ miles...
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Connecting with the origins of cruelty

September 28, 2020
cruelty
The cruelty in the world is unbearable to those of us who feel things deeply. Personal and societal, it's all the same. Cruelty is cruelty. More often than not, cruelty...
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I know nothing

August 3, 2020
know-nothing
It's the thing about getting older--we get wiser. Usually. We realize we know less than we thought and in many cases we really know nothing. At least that's been true...
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The night I was hit by a bolt of spiritual lightning

June 15, 2020
Big sky is calming and the rainbow coming out of the cloud looks like a bolt of spiritual lightning. We need calm and a bolt of spiritual lightning about now. I...
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How the words of Call the Midwife can comfort us in difficu...

April 17, 2020
call-the-midwife
"Not all of us can choose what we give up: the things we love are taken, or never ours at all.  Life is defined not by what we let go, but by what we let in:...
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