Let us share the gifts to share, and accept the gifts of others gratefully and without judgment. Let us drink from the cup of life, in remembrance of all those who comprise life’s drink. Let us lift our eyes to the multitudes who have been, who are, and who have yet to be. Let it […]
Sorting Out PTSD: Snakes or Prisms?
I write about my Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder not least because I am in a relatively safe place to do so. Being retired, my income no longer depends on what people think of me. My mental illness makes me no less compassionate, inquisitive, or creative. It simply means I have an extra hurdle now and then. […]
Little Celebrations #15: Liturgical Quotables
Let each of us be here as a gift to all others: gifts to friends, to families, to the community about. Gathered in this place of spirit and refuge, with faith and reason, with commitment and action, let us share what is best in ourselves, and offer hope to a needy world. < < < […]
When Technology Outruns Reason, Pt. 2
(This is another excerpt from my book, Monuments: One Atheist’s Intimate Religious Reflection.) I was driving across southern Idaho’s Snake River Plain, which is the bleak bosom of American Nuclear Research. More than 50 experimental nuclear facilities have been built there over the last two generations. My destination this day was the EBR-1 National Historic […]
Little Celebrations #14: Liturgical Quotables
We are graced by the beauty of the earth, the glory of the skies, and another week of journeying with those dear to us. We regret our weaknesses, missteps, and misfortunes even as we rejoice in our successes and the gifts which fall our way. We gather as an evolving religious community, partners in creation. […]
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