by David | Apr 12, 2017 | blog
March 30, 2017- Taking a Shower Taking a Shower The old folk crouching by their peat fires will tell their disbelieving grandchildren of standing naked mid-winter under jet streams of hot clean water. –Ian McEwan (1948- ) British novelist That will...
by David | Apr 12, 2017 | blog
March 24, 2017- Simplify Simplify “The web and the physical world are plagued with abundance―people need help sorting through all the good and bad stuff out there. The tyranny of choice is causing major psychic pain and frustration for people.” Jason...
by David | Apr 12, 2017 | blog
March 16, 2017- Belonging Belonging “Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come!”...
by David | Apr 12, 2017 | blog
March 8, 2017- Adulation Adulation “I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too?…” –Emily Dickinson Our country has developed and perhaps even perfected the cult of celebrity. The rich and the famous have a powerful...
by David | Mar 8, 2017 | blog
March 1, 2017- A Book Review A Book Review Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson St. Martin’s Press, New York: 2017 The strongest characteristic of this work for me is that it is written by a knowledgeable and kind black...
by David | Feb 22, 2017 | blog
February 22, 2017- Sincerely Ignorant Sincere Ignorance “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s a deadly mix: ignorance and stupidity. Horrible things result....