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What I am about to write is deeply personal and still somewhat fresh. I hesitated in sitting down to write this for both of these reasons, but also because I have historically avoided writing personal things in this space (or truly, in any space online). However, this story needs to be told publicly as a [...]
We all strive for relevance. We want to be relevant to the concerns and cares of the day, so that people will pay attention to us. Politicians and large corporations hire consultants and engage in endless focus grouping in order to be relevant. Churches have transformed themselves from sanctuaries of quietude and holy reflection into [...]
Much if not most of our behavior stems compulsively from our boredom. We spend hours on Facebook because we are bored. We fill our lives with appointments and events and functions because we are bored. We watch TV, read books, and fill our lives with endless distractions principally because we are bored. Sadly, we even [...]
Seven hard days of hiking (and carrying a 60 lbs backpack), through rain and hail, difficult river crossings, a few bear sightings, and lots of thick tundra brush culminated in an ascent up one of the steepest inclines a person could climb without needing special gear. Then there was the moment I looked up and [...]
Building genuine community is difficult, whether it is within a large group of people or as small as two. It is also nearly impossible (except in times of great distress and urgency) to skip any of the stages in the community-building process. Scott Peck outlines the four stages of community as follows: Stage 1. Pseudocommunity [...]
The strife is o’er, the battle done, the victory of life is won; the song of triumph has begun. Deep within the soul of every man and woman resides the spirit of God, burning like a fire to transform the man into the likeness of the Unknowable. But there is a struggle between our infinite, [...]
We were born to love–to love unconditionally and without cease, to pour out ourselves to others and give from the limitless depths of our own soul the imitation of God’s divine love for us, a fountain of joy and a spring of refreshing hope. Our world knows very little of love. What we colloquially refer [...]
Loving God, Awake my soul to your splendor, compassion, and Love. Awake in my spirit the joy that exists deep within, but which has lied dormant for most of my life due to my laziness, vanity, and pride. Renew my gratitude for all of the gifts you have bestowed upon me– for my health, my [...]
No interesting emails this week, so Inbox Wednesday is out the window in favor of something humorous. A friend of mine and I had a funny interchange on Facebook today about what outgoing Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner’s upcoming book about the financial crisis should be called. Enjoy. Dan: So Tim Geithner is [...]
There was an article in the NYT Opinionator blog that I read today entitled How to Live Without Irony. I posted it to Facebook with an endorsement and one of my friends suggested that he would rather hear what I had to say on the subject. So this is a formulation of my own rejection of the [...]
