Religion means many things to the 8 billion souls on this earth. Where did it come from? How does it work? What changes has it gone through? What have the component parts been over time? What does it do for the people who believe in the tenets? Are there parts of religion that are not … Continue reading Exactly What is Religion?
In the dim mists of time long past, evolution took us from easy prey to top of the food chain. Stones, sticks and bones fashioned into multipliers of force put us there. Only there is not here. What we were and how we live now are in conflict. A conflict that leads to much of … Continue reading We Don’t Belong Here
Poetry (from the Greed word, poiesis, ‘making’) is a form of expression that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to present multiple layers of meaning. Creatively using techniques suggesting contrast, irony, metaphor, allusion, myth and humor provide a conversation between surface-level and higher order meaning. The ability to simultaneously reflect on a wide variety … Continue reading Annual Poems Service
In a stressful world we all need to have self care. Something more than a bubble bath or fancy tea service, even a massage. True self care involves the kind of moves that keep the same stressors from continuing. It mey involve changes or setting limits or reframing one’s view of life. Not easy but … Continue reading Real Self Care Beyond Bubble Bath
We all remember the 7 Deadly Sins (now what was that last one?) that are considered temptations. But there are parts of our inner being that can lead us astray often without our knowledge. They become habits that are part of a natural order as considered by our inner being. Can we unlearn the habits … Continue reading Temptation
Everything we say, every way that we say it, every way that people can hear what we say has an effect on those around us. How that works is often outside our awareness of the communication that is taking place. Communication is a two way process in which we only vaguely know the other side. … Continue reading Words Matter
We usually talk of connectedness by asking who is my sibling (brother) or neighbor. But this limits to whom we may be connected. Should I ask who is to me someone who is the other? How are they my other when my value system informs me that I must acknowledge their inherent worth and dignity. … Continue reading Who Is My Other?
The old song goes ‘which side are you on? There are no neutrals there.’ The world around us with all its hate and inability to acknowledge humanity is not one that we can wall off. We are a part of the whole and our lives are intertwined. To do nothing is to make a choice. … Continue reading Can We Afford NOT to Make Reparations a Real Thing?
As I write this, I do not know who shall prevail in the election at any level. We shall explore how others have recovered from traumatic events that had lasted all their lives. In some cases the promise of escape was fulfilled and sometimes not. If there is hope on this Sunday, it will be … Continue reading Recover to What? [Video]
Human beings spend a lot of time worrying about presenting as normal and passing judgment when others are not presenting as normal. But is this a reality or a fiction that is perpetrated for the purposes of social cohesion? How do we operate as normal and what other ways are there to consider the concept? … Continue reading What is ‘Normal’?
