Sunday Talks


“Don’t ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman
 I love this quote.  Maybe I over-reference it, I don’t…

I looked up the origin of the phrase “true blue.”  Some say it refers to the endless blue sky above us, the blue yonder.  Others suggest that it might have had something to do with the purity of noble lineage,…

A dog goes into the Western Union office and says, “I want to send a telegram.”  The employee says, “Great.  What do you want it to say?”  The dog says, “Woof woof woof.  Woof woof.  Woof woof woof woof.”  The…

During last Sunday’s service I was leading a meditation, inviting myself and everyone to give ourselves a breather from all of our relentless striving & fixing, from all the hard work of crafting our lives and changing the world —…

I try to keep my toenails pretty because I dance barefoot.  Sometimes, I’ll wear colored nail polish because — well, why not?  And I usually choose the color, at least in part, by the name.  A couple of weeks ago,…

American artist Chuck Close said, “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain,…

Probably due to a conversation with my sister last week in which she mentioned that her favorite Halloween candy bar is Mounds, and I responded that Almond Joy is one of mine, I’ve had the maddening repetition of that two-line…

I’ve had a delightful week in the Carolina mountains.  This is Travis’s neck of the woods, so it’s been an immersive experience through the roots and branches of my husband’s youth and young adulthood.  We’ve been spending time with his…

I had a dream last week in which I was on a horse, an imposing beast of great strength and rippling muscles.  I don’t remember where I was going, but it was important for me to get there as fast…

Human desire kinda gets a bum rap.  We tend to tangle it up in either greedy materialism or shameful lust. When desire invokes a sexy appeal, too often it’s saddled with a licentiousness that makes it seem selfish or naughty,…