We Too Can Fly
We Too Can Fly I met a wonderful young lady this week who works as a professional dancer. She regaled my guests with stories of her world travels and performances over dinner. I found one of her...
View ArticleSpiritual Fitness
It is a common theory that it takes great sustained effort to get into top physical shape and it takes only a few days to get out of shape. Spiritual fitness, I believe follows that same model. If we...
View ArticleThe Surest Things Can Change
I am borrowing a title from a Gino Vanelli song ( yeah the 70s) as a theme for this conversation. Percy Bysshe Shelly was among the first to memorialize this theme in his famous poem Mutability....
View ArticleWhat Example Will You Be
I believe we were all brought here to be beacons or exemplars of some aspect of the universe. The great philosophers often referred to life as "a great cosmic play." Shakespeare reminds us that "we are...
View ArticleLive in the Present to Intend Your Future
Living in the now is the best way to create an intended future. If we focus upon building our house brick by brick solidly, we will have a tremendous foundation for our future. Whenever I read...
View ArticleWelcome Home
We will not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring We will arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T.S.Eliot Four Quartets, Little Gidding Life seems to...
View ArticleDoes God Control the Physical Universe?
A young girl asked her grandfather, “Does God Control the Physical Universe?” His answer was, “ Well, it’s complicated.” An analysis of Eastern and Western belief systems supports the belief that God,...
View ArticleBe Open
Be Open to life, so that you can accept what the universe is giving you, Be Open to life to accept what the universe is teaching you. I am not advocating gullibility, but perspicacity. If one practices...
View ArticleGod’s Love is Palpable
God' love is real. It is palpable. If you truly seek to be filled with God's love you will receive it. You will be fulfilled. Find the best way for you to focus upon God. Not in a risk /reward...
View ArticleThe Times are A Changing
Almost 48 years ago a young African American boy won a contest. He was an altar boy for his parish church that was part of a network of American military Catholic Churches. His father was stationed in...
View ArticleRide The Wave
The Universe is in a constant state of unfoldment. Fecund does not just refer to the greenery of the earth. Essentially it is a manifestation of energy. As we know from physics, photosynthesis is just...
View ArticleHappy New Year
The Hindu’s believe in the concept of karma. It is the law of cause and effect. They believe that one causes the events of one’s life through their actions and inaction. The action is the cause such,...
View ArticleForgiveness
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Those are powerful words within the Lord’s Prayer. Christians are taught to seek forgiveness from God as they forgive those who...
View ArticleWhat is Old School is also New Age!!
One of the aspects of this column that I enjoy the most is the study of various religions and how they are interrelated. It is my supposition that most religions, at their core, are very much alike....
View ArticleLet There Be Dark?
As seen in most world religions and religious treaties, spiritual concepts are often taught to us figuratively as opposed to literally. I believe one of the major differences between the Old and New...
View ArticleGratitude
Last week, we lost a great leader and musician, Maurice White. If you are a child of the late 70’s then you are probably very familiar with Earth Wind and Fire’s music. Maurice White was the founder...
View ArticleHoly Week and Palm Sunday
The passion play that is Holy week is truly an amazing reminder of God’s love for us. Jesus reveals to us in the course of one week the vicissitudes of human experience. We are told that on Palm...
View ArticleNature Boy
I had the good fortune to listen to the wonderful jazz song, “Nature Boy” just yesterday. The melody and the lyrics are fantastic and the chord structure is no joke either. The song was written by Eden...
View ArticleThe Vicissitudes of Life
There is a debate among philosophers regarding our relationship with nature. Some believe that we imitate nature and others believe that nature imitates us. There are those who say that animals have a...
View ArticleNihil Novi Sub Sole
While perusing social media this morning, I was greeted with a pleasant surprise. I was directed to an article and a concept that inspired me. It resonated with me. Marcus Strickland is a musician who...
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