Completely Engaged – Mar. 30, 2022
“This is the real secret of life―to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” ―Alan Watts, The Essence of Alan Watts, p. 146
On the Lookout for Delight – Feb. 11, 2022
“There is a Carrie Mae Weems photograph of a woman in what looks to be some kind of textile factory, with an angel embroidered to the left breast of her shirt, where her heart resides. The woman, like the angel, has her arms splayed wide almost in ecstasy, as though to embrace everything, so in […]
This Is The Season of Promise – Dec. 29, 2021
Let the bells be silenced Let the gifts be stillborn Let cheer be muted Let music be soundless Violence stalks the land: Soaring above the cry of the dying Rising above the whimper of the starving Floating above the flying machines of death Listen to the long stillness: New life is stirring New […]
Entrusted to Act – Dec. 9, 2021
“Obviously, Martin Luther King was exceptional and he was dispatched by God in a peculiar way, and I think the same thing is true about William Barber now, but that doesn’t let the rest of us off the hook. The same mandate is available to those of us who are less gifted. We are entrusted […]
