Meditations

A fish jumps over a quarter mile away, but it sounds like it’s right in front of me. There’s not the slightest breeze, and not a needle in the pines…

‘People don’t change’ is a safe bet to live by, but a terrible thing to die believing. For thousands of years, a few human beings have awakened and seen that man…

A large flock of crows fly by in the distance as I sit facing the fields and foothills. There’s a hundred or more of them spread out in a long…

Three of the most pernicious philosophies to ever come down the pike, all of American origin, have become so prevalent and pervasive that they’re allowing no space for genuine thinking,…

Today is the day that most people in the West celebrate the birth of a baby that was chosen by God and announced by angels before he was conceived, and…

“Men have become women, and women have become men,” the young woman passionately proclaimed as we stood talking in the park. More than half my age, she succinctly voiced something…

After a meditation by the stream, I only have enough time to walk a short loop. Beginning on a narrow path that parallels the creek, I circle back via a…

Nothing epitomizes the deep disappointment of people of conscience in Barack Obama than his ham-handed invitation to George W. Bush to fly aboard Air Force One to Nelson Mandela’s funeral.…