Myths – Ideas – Possibilities – Imagining A Kinder, Gentler Tomorrow
Myths-Ideas-Possibilities – Imagining a Kinder, Gentler Tomorrow If you repeat a fairy tale often enough, and with enough conviction, it starts to look and feel like an apparent truth to the masses, even though it is still false. Everyone knows that like attracts like. When you Google “Law of Attraction”, it brings…
Starting Over Anew – Anyone, NOT Everyone, Can Do Anything
Starting Over Anew – Anyone, NOT Everyone, Can Do Anything [Revised January 18, 2018] In the Pixar film, Ratatouille, there is an underlying theme of “anyone can cook,” based upon famous chef Auguste Gusteau’s best- selling book with the same title. This does not mean that everyone can cook, only that the gift of culinary…
Caught In the Storm of the I
Caught in the Storm of the “I” What is the storm of the “I”? Put simply, the storm of the “I” is our battle for identity and the ensuing struggle to hang on to it in times of adversity. It’s human nature to compare ourselves to others. We want to live lives…
New Year’s Greeting for 2017
What a year 2016 has been! As I convalesce from yesterday’s abdominal surgery, I look back sorrowfully upon several final goodbyes that took place this year: Suey, one of my wife’s pet roosters (R.I.P. 3/16/16); Angel Larry, my daughter’s first pet cat (R.I.P. 6/12/16); Wilbur P. Puppyman, my Bassett Hound & sidekick (11/11/16); and…
Re-thinking Jesus: Spiritual Food for Thought
Why did Jesus hang out primarily with the broken? Prostitutes, convicts, homeless and poor people were the ones he spent the majority of his time with. Conventional wisdom and Christian tradition throughout the millennia have suggested that Jesus ‘ministered’ to those most in need of saving. However, much like how, in times of war,…
