Some defend the status quo. Others call for upheaval, even violent overthrow, to cure our civic rot. But violence only breeds new cycles of violence. What we need is a peaceful inner revolution: a Great Turning married to a Great Commitment, the kind Gandhi, Nelson...
Starting on the evening of last November 5, as the state by state presidential election counts were coming in and pointing to the inevitability of Donald Trump’s election to a second term, I have been taking note on a daily basis of how much more of a reactive person...
I would like you to consider a question. If you were not afraid, what would you do for the healing of the world? Not a different you, not a superhero, but as you are. If you were not afraid of losing the respect and affection of people. If you were not afraid of...
On a wall in my apartment hangs a prayer flag. The image on the flag is taken from a page in spiritual leader Ram Dass’s book Be Here Now. It shows an illustration of a man, stylized like a paper doll, with multiple options for his garb: bohemian, flower child choices...
Years ago as part of Lay Ordination I gave a “Way Seeking Mind” talk in which I recalled a longing for a deeper intimacy with the natural world around me: the rocks and trees of the mountains and forests that I loved. But it was the question of birth and death that...
