My Blog
On The River
I offer this poem, which I wrote in 1982, not because I think it is a good poem. I offer it because it came to me and has stayed with me. I hope some poems come to you and stay with you. I hope you honor your insights. I took a course in American Literature when we...
Blog for Lent
As we begin this fourth week in Lent, I decide, as I have decided before, that I like the life of a pilgrim. I like to begin every week with preparations that will help me keep focused on one goal that is beyond my grasp. My goal is to allow myself to be transformed...
Into Lent Towards Easter
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. In the city where we live, priests and ministers were out on city streets this morning in the bitter cold offering to place ashes on the foreheads of those who wanted that for themselves. The light in the morning sky is not bright here in...
My Memories of Baseball
The game of baseball has a special place in my heart. The crack of a bat connecting with a baseballinvites dreamy memories. In the 1950’s, when I was a young kid, my busy mother took me, just me, to watch baseball games inLabatt’s Memorial Park in London Ontario. I...
September Musings
This time of year makes me think of my own teachers and how they have affected my understanding ofawe and wonder. I hope that this year’s teachers, whoever and wherever they are, will encourage andvalue whatever awe and wonder their students or they themselves...
My Early Experience with the Cosmic or Integral Consciousness Movement
There is exciting understanding coming into our consciousness about what many people call ‘Our New Creation Story.’ The talk is about the film footage coming across our television screens from the James Webb Space Telescope this past summer. The talk is about...