Category Archives: Spirituality
White People Must Act
I won’t explain either the George Lloyd situation or the overall huge systemic rot in the United States as regards racial injustice and bigotry. If you’ve bothered to read this, you already know, but if not it’s easy to learn more about via simple reading of the news. I will say that we all must …
Authors and Civic Engagement
We live in an ugly time. White supremacy is emboldened again. Modern Nazi groups, if not at the table are at least allowed in the room. Blase violations of the civil rights of children at the border, (and certainly beyond.) Rising Islamophobia. Homophobia. Rejection of science. It’s a modern Dark(ish) Age, and I do in …
(Repost) Yes, Virginia, There Was a Writer
Due to it being the most reprinted newspaper editorial in the history of the English language (verified), most people, regardless of their faith, are familiar with this piece, known now to history as “Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus.” Unsigned at the time of its publication in The Sun in 1897, it was of course written in …
Between Seasons (Creative Prose.)
A time between the winter and the spring, when the air has started to warm, but only started. The sun resides with us longer into the day, but the ground has not yet been informed of the change. That, or it is an arrival for which the soul and the long-browned grass refuse to prepare; …
The Monk Inside the Jester
The above picture is me. I imagine that is obvious to most people, even though I’m not exactly dressed up for the red carpet. The shot is about a month old or so. Despite its overall rough look, I got to think not long after I took it (on a lark) that it is …