Something Is Dying, and Something Is Trying to Survive
As I continue to listen, internally and externally, and discern how to most healthfully and helpfully respond to the recent US election, a friend shared a video from Brian McLaren that caught my attention. Brian is Dean of the Faculty at the CAC (my former employer...
Nesting in Hope for the Future
Last week, I pondered peace at a friend and follower’s request. This week, I’m continuing the theme—in a sense. I’m doing this because, on one of my very early morning walks, I passed the nest with dangling feathers on the left in the collage above. It got me thinking...
Encountering Ennui and Agony at the Zoo
Henry and I took a day off last week to visit a zoo north of us and take photographs. I will not name the zoo because we were not impressed with it. The cages were small. Noise from the nearby freeway was incessant and periodically punctuated by fighter jets screaming...
Is Trauma Our Cultural Norm?
I’ve been thinking about mass shootings lately—not because I want to, but because, if I dip into the news at all, they are impossible to avoid. Mass shootings are increasingly endemic in American culture, and I’ve been pondering the long-term consequences. I’m...
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