Art and the Mystery in the Midst of Things
Art points to something beyond itself, toward “something more,” something that we sense in things and reveal through our pen …
Category Archives: Spirituality
“Thou Art That” – Part IV, “Some Tragic Falling Off”
Milton’s great theme in Paradise Lost is the fall and redemption of humanity. This too can be seen as “some …
Meditation at Lagunitas by Robert Hass
Meditation at Lagunitas By Robert Hass All the new thinking is about loss. In this it resembles all the old …
“Taste and see – I am spare”
That age-old question “who am I?” haunts us from birth. We sense we are more than what we seem to …
“Perfect Love” – An Antidote for All that Ails Us
The highest common denominator for all spiritual practices and religious teachings, as I’ve come to understand, is Love. That is, …
“A Strange and Beautiful” Entanglement
Recently, when most needed, I came across the essay “A Beautiful and Strange Otherness” by Wisdom Bridge founder, Francis Weller. …
“Thank You”
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart …
Music for Sailing Among the Stars
One of my poems has been set to music. An amazing composer, Troy Armstrong, emailed me earlier this year and …
Love is the Refusal to Defeat Any Individual, MLK, Jr. – From Zen Flash
Reblogged from Zen Flash “In the final analysis, love is not merely an emotional something. Love is creative, understanding goodwill …
Wedding Power with Love on Labor Day
I used to write a labor column for the Santa Maria Times back in the late 90’s. The theme was …
