Dredging the Channel of Peace
This is a photo of Swan Creek, a meandering stream that runs right behind the home that my parents lived in after raising their eight...
The Universal Prayer: Thank You
This Thanksgiving I've decided to add two of my favorite quotes together: Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of...
Become a Compassion Cell
How are we to go forward after mass shootings such as the recent horror in Pittsburgh? We live in a world in which one hate-filled human...
The Grim Reaper Will Never Come for Me!
When my mother died about a year ago, I ended up with the old scythe that had hung in my parents' garage for decades. It was the perfect...
What Building a Pond Taught Me About Prayer
“Prayer doesn’t work,” a patient said to me recently—“I pray for things and I don’t get them, so I don’t believe in prayer anymore.” I...
Now is Where God Lives
It’s been a long time since I sent one of these out! I made a decision a while back to focus all of my writing time on a new collection...
God is Always Needing to be Born
Every year when the Christmas music starts up, I notice some resistance in my soul to "getting in the spirit." My life is where it is,...
Eight Close-as-Your-Hand Gratitudes for Thanksgiving
Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man most responsible for the flurry of published studies on mindfulness (over 3400 now), uses the phrase “wherever...
A Magic Question for Healing a Divided Nation
Decision 2016 is behind us. Whether the candidate you voted for won or not, many of us on both sides are feeling a funk something like...
Putting the Mind on a Glutton-Free Diet
A person I love must eat gluten-free because she has celiac disease. We’ve learned how to take great care in preparing meals when she...
