Hello, Loved Ones - With heavy hearts, we are suspending all in-person gatherings, including Sunday services, at least until April 10, according to Department of Health orders. I do believe that community and connection are more important than ever. And…
On Monday I had to visit a couple of stores for food and supplies. I was anxious before heading out — not because I was concerned about contracting anything, but because I wasn’t sure what it was going to feel…
I keep seeing references to the Dunning-Kruger Effect, usually in articles about how we relate to facts and information in this age of media overload. It’s interesting. Though I had a passing familiarity with the idea, I had never looked…
I just finished this lovely book by Jedidiah Jenkins, To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret. The title is a mouthful, and the book is a heart-full. …
Several years ago I created a short quiz for a class I was teaching. I presented participants with lines of verse — some were contemporary pop lyrics, others were pieces of sacred poetry from various traditions — and invited them…
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.-?? Usually, I’ve seen this quip attributed to Oscar Wilde. But recently I read that it may have come from twentieth-century theologian, Thomas Merton. It’s a good quote, and I like to give credit…
I’ve never totally bought into Valentine’s Day with its expensive date-nights and emphasis on amorous couplings. There’s plenty to enjoy about the trappings of it; who doesn't like chocolate and flowers and canoodling? And I definitely don’t want to undermine…
A couple of weeks ago, we went to see a documentary — Cunningham — about choreographer Merce Cunningham, an innovator in modern dance for much of the 20th century. It was a gorgeous movie, full of abstractions, on a subject…
