Voices Imagined in Spring
A unique glance at springtime in a season of suffering through imagined voices of the Great Feminine Archetype Me: [...]
Timeline of Christianity
1000 BCE Jewish writings assembled, the Torah, the earliest part of the text that was subsequently known to Christians as [...]
Courage for the Moment
Many of us are exhausted with the various social, political and moral dilemmas of our time. We do well to listen [...]
Election Eve, During a Pandemic, 2020
The Day Before Election, in a Pandemic, 2020 This is not political. This is about me. As I am [...]
On A Difficult Day
Today I had to reach deeply into the sources of my spiritual life, seeking the means to be with, in a sacred way, as I like [...]
Independence, for Some
“In 1775, the population in America was 2.5 million. About one-fifth of all Americans were black, and nearly all of them were slaves living in the [...]
Never Needed Any Lessons in Being White, by Gary Stallard
This article first appearied in the Lufkin Daily News, Lufkin, Texas, June 4, 2020, reprinted here with permission of the author. [...]
Then and Now: Words That Apply
December 23, 1776 THESE are the times that try men's souls. …Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation [...]
Lift Up Your Eyes
It was on my morning walk early this morning, with my head down carefully keeping my eyes on the trail before [...]
Thomas Jefferson Writes About Jesus
Jesus Christ, detail from Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia, IstanbulPhoto by Edal Anton Lefterov, via Wikipedia, CC 3.0 “I have promised to write someday [...]