SHARED REALITY
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” — John Lennon I’ve always loved this quote as an invitation to vision and new possibility. It suggests that reality needn’t be just a hard nut to crack, a bitter pill to…
Dream-Makers
It’s the time of year when a lot of us get reflective — thinking back on what we achieved and didn’t, what we’re grateful for and what we’ve overcome, all our loves and losses. Perhaps we’re beginning to make some…
We Are the Champions
A group of us went to the opening night of the Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, last week. I’d been looking forward to it for a year, and it fulfilled every expectation. I don’t know how many liberties were taken with…
The Light Fantastic
We see it every year, the holidays in full swing earlier and earlier. Personally, I’m not much bothered by this. I am in favor of having as many holidays as possible, and I love them without reservation or apology. But…
Tender Look
In his beautiful book, Wishful Thinking, Frederick Buechner writes: “Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of…
GIVE IT UP
All month I’ve been looking forward to talking about SURRENDER. I was eager to tie the spiritual practice of surrender into our continuing conversation about Abundance and Prosperity. It seemed perfect for where I'm at right now. I had…
It Ain’t Magic
Albert Einstein said, “There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle or as though everything is a miracle." A miracle is a thing of wonder, something that stretches our capacity for conventional explanation. …
Thank Heavens
I just completed a Bosque Center for Spiritual Living “Prospering Together” newsletter to celebrate the first nine months of our operation, and to kick off our first annual pledge campaign. [If you don’t receive one of these pretty flyers in…
All Together Now
It’s sunrise in Yosemite Valley. A family of mule deer is grazing just a few feet from my camp chair alongside the Merced River. Majestic cliffs rise in every direction, the granite still seeming to glow with last night’s full…