Approx. read time: 1:45 min. I encounter a lot of people trying to be hopeful. Mostly, I discover, they’re dealing with exhaustion. And mostly, I think, they’re exhausted from trying to be hopeful. “I hope for peace,” one says. “I hope that my job, my healthcare, my Social Security won’t go away,” says another…. Read more »
Approx. read time: 1:30 min. Honestly, I don’t understand this crazy world, its smash-and-grab ethos, greed without guardrails; human and creational suffering as the cost (borne by the sufferers) of doing business the way we do. Honestly, I can’t wrap my mind around the daily wash of tragedies—the forces of Nature, the works of human… Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:10 min. I am thinking, today, of a moment in human history that was never actually witnessed, never recorded. Yet an event recounted down through the ages, launching a transformation of human consciousness. I am thinking of the moment of Jesus’ resurrection from the tomb. In the dark that precedes the dawn,… Read more »
Approx. read time: 2:50 min. People have been saying “Good riddance” to the year that is now passed. I understand their feeling. “A year like no other” is shorthand for what is too complicated, too onerous, to recap. The past year was, like every other year, a gift, given in great love and full of… Read more »
