Mystic or Manilow?
Several years ago I created a short quiz for a class I was teaching. I presented participants with lines of…
FULL EXTENSION
My sweet friend, Romy, complimented me on my “extension” after dance class last week. It felt really good. I’m…
WHAT’S CHURCH?
The sacred shouldn’t suck. For the past decade, I’ve been asking, “Why spiritual community? Is it worth the hassle?” I…
BE MICE ELF
I’ve had Sly and the Family Stone’s “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf” going through my head this week. Psychedelic…
CRYSTAL CLEAR AS MUD
I keep returning to the search for Clarity. In my own practice as well as in what I say and…
THIS CHILD IS SPECIAL
by Ramona King My husband and I sat before the computer screen to view the streaming of August’ Wilson’s play…
MAKING FUN
It dawned on me recently that all my commitments, convictions, and cares have piled up and hardened up and gotten…
MEET YOU THERE
For years, since first encountering it, I’ve loved the beautiful Rumi saying: “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there…
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE
I’ve had the iconic Doors song in my head for two weeks, since rocking it at karaoke. I think I…
FOR PROPHET
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” -…