Explorations & Reflections ~
I am, as one friend put it, a "professional seeker." I am always full of questions about life, about my human nature and my divine nature, about God, about the spiritual journey. I want to understand myself, other people, and the Universe better. What do spiritual teachers mean when they talk about the soul, false and true selves, spirituality, surrender? Is there only one meaning, or are there many ways to see such deep and rich ideas?
In this section I would like to share my reflections and explorations about a myriad of life issues we all share, like those I mentioned above, and topics like despair, sin, prayer, true happiness. I hope these will be useful thoughts and insights for all of our journeys. This website is part of my own unfolding journey, so I expect we’ll keep scrolling, scrolling, scrolling down the page as my life goes on.
If you would like to subscribe to my monthly newsletter, or to share your thoughts, please go to my Contact page. Thank you for joining me on this journey.
In this section I would like to share my reflections and explorations about a myriad of life issues we all share, like those I mentioned above, and topics like despair, sin, prayer, true happiness. I hope these will be useful thoughts and insights for all of our journeys. This website is part of my own unfolding journey, so I expect we’ll keep scrolling, scrolling, scrolling down the page as my life goes on.
If you would like to subscribe to my monthly newsletter, or to share your thoughts, please go to my Contact page. Thank you for joining me on this journey.
Activism
July 2016
NEVER DOUBT that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has..
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Beyond Belief
June 2016
Did anyone ever imagine a round-the-world flight using only solar power? It’s almost unbelievable yet this is the real journey and mission of Solar Impulse 2,
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Fun and Change
May 2016
In the summer of 1961 Dad took my older sister and me to the Tivoli Amusement Park in Copenhagen. As we screamed down a roller coaster mountain, Dad turned around and got this picture.
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Heaven on Earth
April 2016What’s Heaven on Earth for you? When have you experienced Heaven on Earth? What was the situation like? ...Read More
Bringing Food Home
March 2016
Food has been a life-changer for me. The first big shift was not a result of eating a particular food, but from reading a book about food, namely Diet For a Small Planet, by Frances Moore Lappé.
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Happiness
February 2016
This painting, called “Break on Through,” was inspired by the flaming pink tennis shoes my acupuncturist's assistant was wearing one day. She's a cheerful,
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Gifts of the Spirit, Part 2
January 2016
Here’s something I found interesting and unexpected: I went to Amazon in search of a particular book called The Gift. The heading on the page read,
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Gifts, Part 1
December 2015
The hot topic of the Christmas season is always about what to give to the people we care about. This month I want to explore tangible gifts, the ones that are touchable, huggable, useable, returnable, edible, breakable, or wearable.
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Hope
November 2015
When looking at the crises unfolding around our world, I go back and forth between feelings of hope and hopelessness. There are reasons for both. But in spite of the uncertain future,
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Fear & Courage
October 2015
We’re all familiar with the basic three responses to fear: FIGHT! FLIGHT! FREEZE! If we’re looking for solutions to our planetary crises, none of these responses brings about necessary change. But what if we choose to respond with FORWARD?
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Reclaiming Idealism
September 2015
“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it: If you can dream it you can become it.” So says William Arthur Ward, popular American author.
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Radical Love
August 2015
I came across the idea of “Radical Love” in an interview on Engaged Buddhism as part of a conference on “The Politics of Love and Justice,” sponsored by the Network of Spiritual Progressives.
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Radical Prayer
July 2015
I’ve taken this title from a CD by Matthew Fox (Radical Prayer, Love in Action) because it suggests to me the idea of deepening and expanding our idea of prayer.
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Radical Acceptance
June 2015
Why radical? The origin of the word radical relates to going to the root, or the essential. So radical acceptance implies a deep sense of acceptance, an acceptance that goes deeper than the mind, a feeling that goes to the essence,
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On Being Perfect
May 2015
The word perfect is another loaded and intimidating word like sin, which we explored in April.
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What is Sin?
April 2015
IN THE CHRSTIAN TRADITION this is the time of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection. We Christians are told that Jesus died for our sins. But what does that mean? And what does it mean to me personally?
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Letting Go!
March 2015
Lent (which began February 18—this photograph of one of our oaks was taken in the fall; now it is leafless and loaded with snow!) is for many people a time of self-reflection, abstinence of some kind, and change. The theme of this period is letting go.
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Transforming Despair
February 2015
HOW DO WE BEAR the constant barrage of news about the suffering, deaths and crises in all parts of the world without becoming immobilized with grief and despair?
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Revolutions and Resolutions
January 2015
I love how my dear and inspiring friend and teacher, Rev. Maxine Kaye, speaks of New Year's "Revolutions"—"turning every negative belief on its head, each limiting idea into one of expansion, and all undesirable feelings into healthy,
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Advent! What's Coming?
December 2014
Advent is a significant time and event in the Christian faith and liturgical year when Christians await the birth of Jesus, the coming of the Christ. But the essence of this event can touch everyone regardless of his or her religious tradition or faith.
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Who am I? Who are You?
November 2014
When asked on Halloween “Who are you?” Little Kai answers, “I’m a LION! ” When we ask ourselves, Who am I? what do we respond? This question came up for me in a new way when I recently joined Facebook. I was asked to put myself in a category.
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What and Where is Home?
September 2014
Home Sweet Home.
If we are Homesick, we long for Home.
What's Home?
Where's Home?
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If we are Homesick, we long for Home.
What's Home?
Where's Home?
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The Nature of the Spiritual Journey
July 2014
What would you say if someone asked you, "What is the spiritual journey?" Probably most of us have a felt-sense of what we mean by the spiritual journey, but I wanted to articulate what it means for me from what I know so far from my personal experience.
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