Our spiritual DNA represents God’s embedded instructions within our souls that make us distinctive and unique human beings. This DNA…
Your Rights, My Rights
What right have you To take my rights from me? My right to live freely To feel safe in who…
The Wisdom in Ambiguity
Sometimes it feels like we’re ‘in-between’. Neither here nor there. But rather somewhere in middle. In the middle of things,…
Small Regrets
Regrets come in all shapes and sizes. In all sorts of places and times. As in the day we got…
Restoring Earthly ‘Kinship’
The new Netflix movie, Don’t Look Up, is a highly watched, provocative film whose plot centers on a massive, extinction-worthy…
A Wish for Less Attachment
For far too many people, 2021 was a year of unmet expectations. With the latest Covid-19 surge, new daily cases…
Trust Me
Trust is a complicated thing, especially in the United States. In many respects, our nation was formed at its outset…
The American ‘Dream’
Bring on our annual post-holiday hangover. The presents are unwrapped. Gift returns are underway. Parties are over and cleaned up…
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
A tall, bearded man approached the podium to address the crowd on a chilly November afternoon. His friends noted that…
2020 in Memoriam: A Prayer of ‘Yet’
As year’s end draws near, we lament not its fading into history. But the suffering, loss, and setbacks that have…