There is a lot to be uneasy about right now. This coronavirus is not only deadly, it also seems to be highly contagious. People are dying. They are dying alone. Those that are left behind have to grieve alone. On another level, people are losing their jobs, and their businesses. A lot to be uneasy … Continue reading When We Find Ourselves In Total Chaos
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Rhyme and Season: Part 10—We Can’t Let The Song Go Out Of Things
Would it surprise you to know that I am feeling pretty disenchanted with our political systems lately? Okay, probably not. How about that I’m disenchanted with the “greatness” of the country in which I live? Oh, you, too? Right. How about that I am disenchanted with professional sports, or the music industry, or the “church … Continue reading Rhyme and Season: Part 10—We Can’t Let The Song Go Out Of Things
Rhyme and Season: Part 4–What People Fear More Than Pain
There is a rise and fall, ebb and flow, punctuation and parenthesis to each day that is sacred, intentional, good. But I must admit, it is the rise and flow and punctuation that I desire more than the fall, ebb, and parenthesis. Which means that I often do all I can to avoid it, fill … Continue reading Rhyme and Season: Part 4–What People Fear More Than Pain
Rhyme and Season: Part 3—Eat, Sleep, and Be Weary
When my friend was in high school, he and a few of his buddies decided to make the trip from the San Francisco Bay Area to Disneyland in Southern California, spend two days at the park, and then drive home. In a weekend. That’s an eight hour trip, mind you. Drive Friday night. Do the … Continue reading Rhyme and Season: Part 3—Eat, Sleep, and Be Weary
Rhyme and Season: Part 2—Daylight Debting Time
I have to admit—and I know I am in the minority here—but I kind of like daylight saving time. Once a year, in the spring, it feels like I have been gifted an extra hour of daylight. It means summer is coming, that I will be outside more, that the earth is coming back to … Continue reading Rhyme and Season: Part 2—Daylight Debting Time
Rhyme and Season: Part 1—Time Is Not A Human Construct
Time is not a human construct. At least not according to the ancient wisdom. The ancient Hebrews, in an effort to give a framework to their reality, penned a book called “Genesis”. Genesis begins with an accounting of the beginning of all that is. But it is not written like an annal, or history, or … Continue reading Rhyme and Season: Part 1—Time Is Not A Human Construct
The Goodness of Grief: Part 9–Sometimes You Have To Blow Up A Few Balloons
This last Easter season was a sober time for our community. There were a number of local tragedies, national losses, personal laments. What we were feeling in the wake of a cancer diagnosis we were seeing on the faces of those we share our lives with. At first I thought we were projecting a bit. … Continue reading The Goodness of Grief: Part 9–Sometimes You Have To Blow Up A Few Balloons