An Easter Reflection from Noble Nature In my spiritual tradition this is the Easter season. I was traveling over the Easter holiday, so...

In my last post I mentioned a recent article I wrote for Spirituality & Health about twelve cultural/spiritual dis-eases. These are...

Sometimes I get a little wacky in my psychotherapy office. Occasionally, I ask patients to imagine a big garlic pickle on my couch. “What...

The nested meditation below came to me a couple of weeks ago as I walked along Swan Creek. Something about the fascination of seeing my...

The winds of grace are always blowing, but it is you who must raise your sails. Rabindranath Tagore The primary delight of writing The...

In recent days we have seen again how a few individuals can create localized terror and global fear. Experts say that the kind of terror...

It’s the time of year when we are drawn to look back at highlights and challenges of the current year and consider new directions for the...

A Dominican friar born in 1260 has become an important spiritual companion to me. Meister Eckhart was an enormously popular preacher in...

I am infected with an incurable tendency to play with words. I was statistically at risk for this affliction after forty-two years of...

I know re-watching Dead Poet’s Society and hearing Robin Williams tell his students that the deceased people in the class pictures on the...