Category: Spirituality

This is the word that choose me for 2025. When I felt stuck, this word came to me. I felt led to add lightning strikes to the placard. I had no idea how this word would unfold and what significance…

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection. ~Anias Nin Living in today’s environment is not easy. Many voices clamor to make sense of this moment in history. Amidst all the clatter, I experience myself being…

Why do conservative Christians emphasize the Ten Commandments … insisting they be posted in schools and public buildings … instead of emphasizing and posting the central message of Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount … the Beatitudes? That’s something…

Memoirs are my favorite genre. I appreciate learning about people outside my circle … my personal community. Additionally, when I read about courageous and inspiring people, it gives me hope. I need their examples to undergird the qualities I seek…

 Happy Valentine’s Day Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. ~Maya Angelou Recently this book came as a recommendation from the author of one of my favorite books. I’m…

In the early 2000s … philosopher, Ken Wilber, entered my life. . While I found most of his writing dense and difficult to understand, I thoroughly enjoyed being part of a Cincinnati Meet-Up group consisting of extraordinary Wilber Integralists. Over…

This series of posts shows my evolution as a person of spirit and sheds light on the perspectives that guide me. I count myself as very fortunate to have met, trained with, or been exposed to some extraordinary people who…

In the fall of 2024, I began a series of reflections on developmentalists. I started by looking at my own development in the light of these leader’s discoveries about human growth. However, as the field grew, the focus expanded beyond…

As I reflected on this journey shared with you in four parts, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities to the journey I began in 1983 … when the pain was so great I knew in my bones there must…

This is the 3rd segment of my 4-part story of discovery. This segment takes place at Serpent Mound, the largest effigy mound on earth, recently approved as a UNESCO World Heritage site, joining the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and Machu…