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Taking stock of our lives
Once upon a time, an ancient story tells us, the master had a visitor who came to inquire about Zen. But instead of listening, the visitor kept talking about his...
Taking stock of our lives
Once upon a time, an ancient story tells us, the master had a visitor who came to inquire about Zen. But instead of listening, the visitor kept talking about his...
Saying "yes" to life
Where I live, winter is raw and bitter, windswept and white, an unpredictable and uncompromising time of the year.
Saying "yes" to life
Where I live, winter is raw and bitter, windswept and white, an unpredictable and uncompromising time of the year.
New picture of God and humanity
"What are we that you should care for us?" the psalmist asks God. The question is still a good one but the answers to it have shifted from age to...
New picture of God and humanity
"What are we that you should care for us?" the psalmist asks God. The question is still a good one but the answers to it have shifted from age to...
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit, we are told, is the spirit of Wisdom, of the feminine Sophia, in the Church. Each of us, we argue theologically, has a piece of Wisdom, the...
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit, we are told, is the spirit of Wisdom, of the feminine Sophia, in the Church. Each of us, we argue theologically, has a piece of Wisdom, the...
Secrets of the heart
What happens to the person who does not deal with the secrets of the heart? What kind of energy can a person bring to life who allows the past to...
Secrets of the heart
What happens to the person who does not deal with the secrets of the heart? What kind of energy can a person bring to life who allows the past to...
There is more to life than speed
“O snail,/ climb Mount Fuji/ But slowly, slowly…” the haiku master and lay Buddhist priest Issa writes. The haiku, in its short, sharp way, makes three points
There is more to life than speed
“O snail,/ climb Mount Fuji/ But slowly, slowly…” the haiku master and lay Buddhist priest Issa writes. The haiku, in its short, sharp way, makes three points