A Special Love Making contact with many people did not prevent Melinda from establishing one very special relationship. Each day Sonia, an undersized, undernourished two-year old girl could be seen clinging to Melinda. These two grew closer and closer with each passing. Often we would see them as they walked together, sometimes sharing food or […]
The Heart of Service “A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.” – Edward Bulwer-Lytton The early morning heat so common in the poor Philippine community of Das Marinas served as a […]
A “civilized” Indian was one who found a way to tolerate and work with the foreigners who came from Europe. I have a rather involved fantasy which I dip into now and then. I’m on a television quiz show where the top prize is a million dollars. I get past the half-million level and the […]
Sacred Space is in Us Temples, pagodas, churches oh my! I have been in Hanoi for two weeks now, and in those two weeks I have been to three different Buddhist pagodas and one Cathedral. These excursions have been wonderful learning experiences about religion in Vietnam, but have also opened the doors to talking about faith […]
Humor hurts. Why do you think they call it a “punch line”? True story. High winds contributed to a huge multi-vehicle pile-up on a major thoroughfare near our house during a big outdoor event with parades and pageantry. It was like this: An 18-wheeler jackknifed in gale-force winds, strewing its cargo of bananas, cream pies […]
Last weekend, I presented a talk at the Shehaqua Family Camp, Harvest Festival. The theme for this Festival was bridging the gap between generations. The following is an excerpt of some of the ideas I shared. Love Shared Through Generations I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of three generation families since seeing off […]
The relationship I have with hunting is, “it’s complicated,” as they say in the social media. I have Bambi issues. Best shot in the family with iron sights, was Mom. She stilled her breathing and heartbeat to mimic a cave dweller frozen in a glacier. When we were younger our whole family went out shooting. […]
He was drawn to the ocean with the soul of a poet and the heart of a lover. A few times I sat on a boat with Rev. Sun Myung Moon, fishing at the “tuna grounds” off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. He usually went out around dawn, fished all day and boated home in the […]
Sacredness of the Teacher-Student Relationship Recently my wife and I watched a Japanese film called Hula Girls. It is the true story of a dying mining town in north Japan. The main characters are within a group of students and teachers. When we’d dried our tears and were reflecting on our experience, one theme that’s […]
Anyone who is one in heart with God is one in heart with everyone else who is one in heart with God. I was in Manila fighting sin. (Anyone who fights sin, by the way, spends most of the time fighting their own. That’s just the way we’re built.) But that’s not what this is […]
