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.
All posts filed under: The Times We Live In
Addressing the challenges of our polarized times
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.
Contradictions, nuance, and humanity
What happens when our resistance to the resistance is generational?
Citizenship
We each choose what type of country we want. How we respond to others is part of that choice.
Wrapping government and religion together never ends well
Understanding the movement to dismantle democracy helps us in fighting for our rights.
Difficult is not the same as impossible
Learning to hold the “both/and” of human possibility.
Our stories tell what we choose to believe
Repairing the breach by replacing stained glass windows that told a false history.
Predatory plutocrats
Oligarchy in America isn’t just about the spoils; it’s about what everyone else loses in the process.
When the lines are never clear
Benjamin Labatut’s haunting tale of the complicated links between scientific discovery and destruction.
Healing democracy’s heart
A post from 2015 while I’m on a winter retreat, about the healing of the heart of democracy
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