Having served in the Interfaith world for many years, I look for these kinds of stories, the ones where diverse […]
Transience
A cousin I was close to in childhood passed away this week. I’m sad to have lost touch, but glad […]
Breathe
This week’s column is on the Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh who passed away last week. His writings were […]
Langston Hughes
This week’s column celebrates the creative mind of Black poet Langston Hughes. It includes these lines from “Call to Creation”: […]
This Little Light
This weekend’s column shines a light on the illumination created by people who choose to act in more enlightened ways […]
January Skies
The backdrop to our lives. . .
Freethought Society Essay on Burroughs Published
Thanks to Margaret Downey, President of the Freethought Society in Pennsylvania, my essay on naturalistic philosopher John Burroughs is included […]
Appalachian New Year
Missing the cold, the snow, the “real winter,” yet we never have to miss the Beauty of Nature.
Grounding
This week’s column draws from a story told by a transgender rabbi, then relates that to a suicide prevention hotline […]
Growing Ideas
Thanks to crops of ideas planted, rooted, sprouting and fruiting, and thanks to readers who harvest the seeds of my […]
Sons are Born
Couldn’t resist creating this image of something I’ve thought about for years: all the innocent children, the “holy babies” and […]
Christmas
Some readers may know that my birthday is Christmas Day, so I usually like to keep it low key and […]
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