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March 2014

March 13, 2014

Our Hands

______________ The word authentic comes from the Greek authentes. It means “bearing the mark of...

March 03, 2014

The Dilation of What Seems Ordinary

______________ To dilate means to widen or open more fully and the purpose of experience,...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Heartwood

______________ An old friend died several years ago. At the time I wrote this poem....

February 17, 2014

To Cultivate Wonder

______________ Wonder is one of the arts of reverence. It is always very close to...

February 10, 2014

Legacy

In the days after my father died, there were many quiet moments and many stories...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Wake Up Festival 2014

The Presenters on the Wake Up Festival from Sounds True on Vimeo.

January 27, 2014

The Moon Hears My Confession

______________ I’m always humbled by the way life appears when I think I’m in control....

January 21, 2014

Midway in Our Journey

______________ Part of everyone’s journey in life is to arrive at precipice or fork in...

January 13, 2014

Aging

______________ My father used to quip that old is always ten years out from wherever...

January 06, 2014

Somewhere

______________ No matter what we’re going through, the opposite is happening somewhere else at the...

January 06, 2014

Listening Is a Personal Pilgrimage

Mark recently appeared on New Dimensions. Three Intentions is offering this opportunity to listen to...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Next to a Gull

______________ When in the crucible of a difficult life change, I went to be by...

December 23, 2013

Where the Snow Begins

______________ During his last year, my father suffered four strokes and a heart attack. We...

December 16, 2013

Things Dark and Light

______________ It seems the purpose of story is to lead us back to what matters...

December 09, 2013

I Bow To All

______________ Sooner or later, just by living, we are reduced to what matters, as so...

December 02, 2013

Leaving

______________ Leaving and being left is such a painful part of life that it’s hard...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

On My Way

______________ I was enroute to see my father one more time, deplaning in Detroit, about...

November 18, 2013

Freefall

______________ I'd like to share this poem for all of those viewers who were moved...

November 11, 2013

Approaching Integrity

______________ We work so hard to get somewhere, to realize a dream, to arrive at...

November 04, 2013

Little By Little

With life offering so much depth and diversity, it’s easy to see the world through...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

After Breakfast

______________ It’s no surprise that we lose sight of the things closest to us—most of...

October 21, 2013

Repeatedly We Are Asked

______________ As human beings, we are asked to choose, more than once, if we are...

October 14, 2013

The Industry of No