Using government to help ordinary people
Joe Biden’s work to reclaim our democracy is often overlooked by today’s media.
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Addressing the challenges of our polarized times
Draw from a well of common goodness
Wrestling with ways to respond to a politics of division.
Blackbird
An iconic song written about nine heroes from our past, at a place that lives on.
Discerning a path in a future beyond our knowing
Q&A with author Leah Rampy about her book “Earth & Soul”
Remembrances for Memorial Day
With profound gratefulness for our men and women in service who made the supreme sacrifice.
When The New York Times came calling
Seeing one of my photographs appear in the New York Times left me with mixed feelings.
Reconciliation
Pentecost thoughts from Pauli Murray on pain, suffering, and reconciliation.
Dreams interrupted; dreams denied
A powerful exhibit to remind us of the price Ukrainians pay daily in their fight for freedom.
The hard, but necessary work of living together with others
Powerful, poetic language to remind us that America is, at its heart, a soul-making enterprise.
The purple iris as the antidote to worry and sorrow
A great deal of worry and sorrow can be offset by a purple iris. Or a lark. Or a morning glory.
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