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March 2012

March 25, 2012

waiting for new life

"Talitha Koum" is what I call my drawing. It is based on Mark's account of...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

Sophia Saturday: all artwork 50% OFF!

In anticipation of Valentine's Day, I am giving away 50% OFF coupons to all the...

February 06, 2012

God, I’m dying here!

What do you do when you are in your darkest hour? What do you say...

February 02, 2012

10 questions for when you’re dying

What is the point of pretending? One of the greatest regrets people have on their...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

in or out

Life is a paradox. I look back now and see that many of the things...

February 2008

February 08, 2008

I Found a Home

I received a call yesterday from someone who wanted to interview me regarding emerging forms...

February 05, 2008

Love Without Fear

It is important to create an atmosphere of honesty, confession and repentance for a community...

February 04, 2008

Loving What Is

I cannot change the world and I have no intentions of doing so. I can't...

January 2008

January 24, 2008

In Love and In Death

Is it possible to care for someone without having designs for him or her? Is...

January 08, 2008

Fight or Flight

I have two fairly prominent inclinations. One is that I want to engage life and...

September 2007

September 20, 2007

Christ and Coke

When I became a Christian at the age of about 15 (no, I can't remember...

April 2007

April 03, 2007

Death of the Ego Now!

Years ago, in 1991, I read a short but powerful book by Krishnamurti. It's a...

March 2007

March 31, 2007

Her Guidance Through Darkness

You, my readers, have become familiar with my good friend Sarah who lost her boyfriend,...

February 2007

February 20, 2007

Grief On The Heels Of Grief

John, who just lost his wife Kerry last Sunday, just lost a friend of his...

February 17, 2007

How To Visit the Dying in Hospitals

A friend died Sunday night. I was with her in the hospital room Friday, Saturday...

February 13, 2007

Just Being a Human Being

For the love of beauty. That's why I'm doing what I'm doing now. I love...

February 13, 2007

The Meaninglessness of Modification

Stephen Oates, in his book on Martin Luther King, Jr., Let The Trumpet Sound, quotes...

February 12, 2007

My Arctic Expedition

I'm feeling my mortality today. Lisa suggested I go for a walk on the river....

February 12, 2007

Again, We Must Say Goodbye

My God! Another friend of mine died last night. She was only in her early...

February 11, 2007

Loneliness and Never Alone

One of the faithful contributors to this blog in the form of comments, Chris Gill,...

February 10, 2007

Life and Death in the Night Hours

I went to the hospital again today to visit another friend. I visited with her...

February 09, 2007

How Much Sorrow Can Be Shared?

Sarah and I took a long trip yesterday to gather up the belongings left behind...

February 07, 2007

10 Things A Friend’s Death Taught Me

I wrote these 10 points for myself, and thought I would share them with you...

February 05, 2007

Goodbye, Nato!

Sarah Compton, my dear and beautiful friend pictured above, is grieving now. Nathan, the beautiful...

January 2007

January 16, 2007

How To Be With Those Who Grieve

Be There: My philosophy and practice in almost all that I do is to not...

January 14, 2007

A Bomb Explodes in Church!

As some of you may have gathered, I encourage people to ask questions or make...

January 13, 2007

It’s Not So Much That You Want To Die

Mary Bell from Orlando, Florida, wrote this poetically written letter to me following the post...

January 11, 2007

We Must Get Real!

I must tell you that when you are faced with death... death of another or...

January 06, 2007

death’s a tight fit!

December 2006

December 29, 2006

die to self

Krishnamurti wrote: Can this mind negate everything it has known, the total content of its...