Freedom, part 1
This week marks an important time in two thirds of the great spiritual traditions from the “west.”
Convergence, part 3
In the mingling of the rivers, there are so many stories …
Convergence, part 2
As the river that is a life – a library of tales, fables, myths, legends, poems and narratives of every description – approaches the ocean …
Convergence, part 1
One of the places our stories converge is around loss and grief.
Witnesses
When we encounter the universe that is another person, we have a menu of choices of how to respond. Rabbi Ariel Burger observes two challenges with otherness, in the sense that it can be used either as a weapon or a barrier: “we fall into the trap of not listening, [or] we are overfamiliar and […]
The ninth symphony
n the last decade of his life, completely deaf, Ludwig van Beethoven created his Ninth Symphony.
The fourth quarter
I’m learning about marketing for my new coaching practice.
“I have climbed highest mountains”
The Irish rock band, U2, spoke to it for a generation or two of pop music lovers …
Yearning for that which we are not
Part of being human involves a deep yearning for something beyond ourselves.
Conventional thinking, part 1
I recall a (really smart) friend of mine saying, many years ago,