In the past month I’ve been writing energetically (raving?) about the economic crisis and the presidential race. They matter a lot to me. But I think it’s our deep inner lives, the lives of our souls, that guide us into wisdom, joy and what I term the diamond-cut life. A few weeks ago I was [...]
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Triptych Of Grace
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, nature, politics
Tags: culture·economics·haiku·happiness·nature·outdoors·photo courtesy of stewf·religion·soul·spirituality
The Dalai Lama And Nicholas Kristof
August 7th, 2008 · No Comments · politics
I suggest that the best thing you could read today would be Nicholas Kristof’s piece in the New York Times on the Dalai Lama and China. All that I will do is explain why I’m suggesting that. To go five miles up into the big picture, we human beings as a species are in our [...]
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Happy Hybrid Easter!
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · home & garden, nature, spirituality & religion, sustainability
Hybrid: a result of cross-breeding. Easter: a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ — celebrated the Sunday following the first full moon of the vernal equinox.
Wait a minute. Easter is famously Christian, but its timing is completely earth-centered, ruled by nature, which is to say it is pagan. Easter is a hybrid holiday. Christianity has been shown by scholars to have deep roots in the earlier earth-centered religions
Tags: Christ·earth·Easter·equinox·hybrid·life·rebirth·religion·resurrection
Confession: I Love Church
February 3rd, 2008 · 7 Comments · spirituality & religion, sustainability
Most of us have a closeted part of ourselves, a part we don’t readily reveal. For some, it is sexual orientation, or political beliefs. But for me, it is the fact that I love church and love to worship God there, with others.
Why am I shy about this, when I am not known for shyness in general? There’s more than one reason, but just one I can tackle before I
Tags: Anne Lamott·church·church attendance·culture·environment·God·hymns·Jesus·life·Methodist·Oregon·religion·spirituality·worship
I Have A Dream — 2008 Update
January 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · politics, simplicity, spirituality & religion, sustainability
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream: that America could rise above the selfish institution of segregation. The dream seemed hopelessly idealistic. Too many people in power benefited from segregation, and were willing to violently defend it.
What if Dr. King were alive today? I am convinced his dream would embrace sustainability, i.e. living in a way that ensures future generations can also live. Everything he stood for supports such a
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