A Fresh Start?
Is it possible to have a fresh start? Not to drag old hurts and fears into the new year? The red-wigged clown, Frieda, seemed to be saying that as she sprinkled confetti from a “FRESH START” bottle on the surprised crowd gathered around carolers on a cold winter night. Some people backed away, brushing the […]
Grounded in Action – Nov. 11, 2021
“Our vision of reawakening to sacredness needs to be grounded in action. It is not enough only to see compassionately. Nor is it enough even just to feel compassionately, as essential as this is. Compassion needs also to be embodied, both in the relationships of our lives and communities and in the structures of our societies and […]
Free and Alone – Sep. 7, 2021
“If you wish to love you must learn to see again. And if you wish to see you must give up your drug. You must tear away from your being the roots of society that have penetrated to the marrow. You must drop out. Externally everything will go on as before, you will continue to […]
Names or Numbers? – July 27, 2021
“To write a story is an act of Naming; in reading about a protagonist I can grow along with, I am more named. And we live in a world which would reduce us to our social security numbers. Area codes, zip codes, credit card codes, all take precedence over our names. Our signatures already mean […]
