When I began leading a weekly service, ten years ago, my very first talk was titled “Fool-fillment.” It happened to…

I like Venn diagrams. Travis suggested this punny title, “Now and Venn,” about a week ago, and now I can’t…

I just heard about a hotline started by a California art teacher, Jessica Martin, and her elementary school students. Anyone…

by Patty Stephens I’ve been thinking about how we express our lives with language. Especially how we speak about love,…

In high school, Travis had a friend named Natalie, an exchange student from Frankfurt, Germany. While she lived here, she…

Springtime feels eager. I like that about it. Things ready to return, coming to life. Even with frustrating stop-starts, temperatures…

It’s clear that we affect each other. We shape each other’s lives in big ways and small ways all the…

There’s a lot to like about the Beatles. Even if you’re not a super-fan, you’ve got to admit that their…

“I decided that if I could paint that flower on a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.”- Georgia…

There’s a lot of ennui out there lately. Feelings of listlessness, dissatisfaction, the blahs… I’m encountering it everywhere. Which certainly…

A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking about thermodynamics.  Specifically, I was thinking about ENTROPY, the natural law by…

When I first took Travis to meet my parents in small-town upstate New York, the extended family came over for…