Category: Spirituality

Wisdom On our walk to the Ravello restaurant the previous evening, we saw this Maya Angelou quote on the side of a building. The next morning as we approached the Legacy Museum, we found this same quote on the back…

A Deep Longing This drive from Selma to Montgomery touched a deep longing I have carried for a long time … a longing for a different, more humane world. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at a…

I have been quiet … my last posting appearing on February 7. I began to doubt I had anything of value to share anymore. In this post, I will reveal what I recently learned during this quiet time while reading…

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…