Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Question: is spiritual change easy or hard?

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Answer: Yes.  Definitely.  Spiritual change is easy and hard.  Some people say "it's simple, but it's not easy."  Many p...
Monday, October 22, 2018

"We've never been more divided in this country," Really? Part 2

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Most of us at some level know that applying the phrase "we've never been more divided" to American public life today is l...
Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Why and How I Combine Medicine and Faith

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Rev. David Bruner, Spiritual Director of the Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose, inspired this piece by asking on Facebook whether if yo...
Monday, October 08, 2018

As women, can we be more transparent now, so we don't have to scream later?

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The events of the last week, and my emotional response to them, has me wondering what is the best way to be  a woman who wants change...
Sunday, October 07, 2018

Open Letter to God: Why? What Next?

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  Dear God, I feel so so sad today.  I feel so angry.  I feel so helpless.  I go around telling people that all is well and that all i...
Saturday, October 06, 2018

Maybe we all need to scream in elevators

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As I watch events unfold around Jeff Kavanaugh's confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice, I am more and more aware of the "hysteri...
Thursday, October 04, 2018

One America: Texas and California

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I'm continuing to consume Ron Chernow's 1000 page bio of Ulysses S Grant while I enjoy my stay in Dallas, Texas.   I'm struck b...
Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Looking Up in Texas

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I'm in Dallas, Texas this week attending the Centers for Spiritual Living Ministers Gathering hosted by CSLDallas.  Today scores of us...
Friday, September 28, 2018

We're Mad as Hell and We're Not Going to Take it Anymore

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No.  Not me.  The Senate Republicans.  They came out swinging today, furious at the "sham process" -- waaah?  Did I miss somethi...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Holding Dr. Ford and the Country in Love and Compassion

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As I watch Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, I am holding her and all other women who have ev...
Wednesday, August 08, 2018

Is My God a Holy They?

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For years in my new thought circles we have said "Mother-Father God" as a way to include the Mother, include the Goddess in our ...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018

"Everything I need is right here" Really?

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"Everything you need is right here," said the young woman behind the counter of the Philadelphia Airport food counter as she han...
Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Feeling and Breathing the Northern California Wildfires

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The saying goes, there are four seasons in California: flash floods, mudslides, wildfires and pride parade.  At this point we're deep ...
Sunday, July 29, 2018

I Don't Have to Tell People I'm Setting a Boundary

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I like to think that I know something about boundary setting, but I actually have only learned a few things, and highly imperfectly.  For th...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Summer Junk Food for the Mind

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Where do you stand on junk reading?  I go back and forth.  For years I have alternated "quality" literature--like deep spiritual...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Feel the Slow Sweet Good Love of Mister Rogers (aka God)--5 Snouts up for Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) 5 enthusiastic Snouts up ( Understand my Snout-Based Rating system)  for Wont You Be My Neighbor? The movie about Fred aka...
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Saturday, July 14, 2018

Hurry to see the Hilarious Thanksgiving Play at Cap Stage

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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) Five enthusiastic snouts up (see Understanding the Snout-Based Rating System)  for The Thanksgiving Play  by Larissa FastHor...
Monday, July 02, 2018

The Path not Taken--Some Version of me is a Fighting Death Penalty Cases Right Now

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You ever have a strong sense of the road not taken in your life?  Not necessarily regret, but just a sense of what might have been if.  So...