Sunday Talks

I know I write a lot about my Dad. I hope it’s not too much. It’s just that Robert LaFollette Groves was my hero, truly an extraordinary human being. And I’m not sure that I expressed that to him nearly…

This Hafiz poem has really been speaking to me this week: This union you wantWith the earth and sky,This union we all need with Love…A golden wing from God’s heart justTouched the ground.Now,Step upon itWith your brave sun-vowsAnd help our…

My friend Sheila paid me the most lovely compliment a couple of weeks ago. She told me that I was really, really good at Appreciation. I’ve been basking in that, thinking about it ever since. It truly meant the world…

I’ve been re-watching The Great British Baking Show. If you aren’t familiar with the program — it’s a bake-off, a competition. And it’s about as much drama as I can handle right now. All of the contestants are committed and…

At first, my title this week was meant to refer to the lenses through which we view the world — spectacles and windows and prisms — and to offer an encouraging invitation to raise these glasses on purpose, to gaze…

Bosque Center for Spiritual Living got to shine brightly last night and I woke up feeling pretty darned proud of us this morning. Because our community vision includes a special focus on the arts, we had been invited to create…

It’s the season for lace hearts and lavish bouquets and boxes of chocolates. I get that all this can be cloying and irksome. Basically, I’m a romantic fool with a really high tolerance for head-over-heels excess, but even for me…

I was listening to an interview with actor and talk-show host, James Corden.  He’s met and worked with just about everybody in the entertainment industry.  It was a fun interview with lots of juicy bits and name-dropping, but I found…

Using it as my title gives away the punchline to this silly joke —“What do you call it when an iguana has physical intimacy issues?” It’s an awful groaner, but it made me laugh. And after some consideration, I think…

I was watching a documentary series about near-death experiences this week.  It’s a subject that I find endlessly fascinating, in part because it encapsulates the constant tension between the human desire for certainty, for clear answers, and the abiding fact…