The Soul’s Name
Names do so much more than identify and differentiate. They provide a canvas on which to paint, exploring the what of each person, place, or thing. Richly expressive within their own borders, yet they have limits. Can a name contain more than the sum of its parts? I know what my legal forms of identification […]
What Sustains Us – Aug. 9, 2021
“We know that love nourishes us. When it is in our lives, we can bear pain, confusion and even death. This is why I link the food of the spirit, love, with the food of the body, bread. Both are staples. They sustain us.” –Gunilla Norris, Becoming Bread (Hidden Spring, 2003), p. xii
Burnout – July 16, 2021
“Aren’t you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner well-being you desire? Don’t you often hope: ‘May this book, idea, course, trip, job, country or relationship fulfill my deepest desire.’ But as long as you are waiting for that mysterious moment you […]
A Brief Stop… – Apr. 2, 2021
It could all go in a minute. It WILL all go in a minute.This life is a brief stop, whether I die tomorrow or in fifty years.I would love not to know this, to have the innocent certainty that,when loved ones set out on a journey, they will return unharmed,that I can go out to […]
