Category: Spirituality

January 4, 1920 – March 17, 2024 Betts at 100 … January 4, 2020 … Here she is preparing to entertain the guests at her birthday party by singing “Brush Up On Shakespeare” and reciting from memory a Shakespearean Sonnet. The…

Rosa Park refused to move to the back of the bus. She hoped others would follow her example. And WOW, did they!! She made good trouble! The black community boycotted the buses for 381 days (12/5/55 to 12/20/56). They walked…

New Year’s Eve With three days of my Inner Work Project (see last 2 posts) under my belt, I joined friends for a full day of welcoming in 2023. We began the celebration with Australia and New Zealand, two of…

For the past several months, Caroline Myss’ spiritual teachings have enriched me. She begins almost all her seminars with a metaphor for spiritual development. It came to her after visiting a friend who lived in a tall building in New…

I’ve never felt a pain that didn’t bear a blessing. ~Gene Knudson Hoffman Pandemic Grief I found myself among many who experienced disturbing depressive symptoms of pandemic grief. The loss of contact with people with whom I’d met regularly in…

Happy New Year! The first production of net fusion energy inspired a new vision for 2023. I share it here. May it be so.

Recently, a group of friends gathered in reunion. We hadn’t all been together since the pandemic commenced. The conversation turned to our history with religion. They all either came from families where church was central and/or they had a great…

A few months ago, my seminary friend, Pam, introduced me to Diana Butler Bass. Diana has a doctorate in religious studies and is an author of numerous books and a sought-after speaker.  I subscribed to her newsletter. She occasionally sends…

On Tuesday, August 23, I received this email from the League of Women’s Voters: August 26, otherwise known as Women’s Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment, which granted some women the right to vote. Yet in…

A couple of weeks ago I joined some members of the local chapter of the League of Women Voters for a presentation sponsored by the Diversity Office of Sinclair Community College. We listened to a conversation between Jon Stewart and…