Meditations

What’s wrong with this sentence? Not grammatically, but spiritually and philosophically. “In future clashes between East Coast progressives and West Coast techno-libertarians, let them clash as brothers and sisters in…

As many others have noted, the descendants of the first hunter-gatherers that became agriculturalists wrote the founding document of the Judeo-Christian tradition. I’m referring of course to Genesis: “God said…be…

When I was a young man, I spent a fair amount of time teaching and simply being around little ones. I’ve always felt an affinity for young children, and being…

A mallard couple was lounging in the shallows of ‘the beach,’ a short sandy stretch in wooded Lower Park, as I approached. Not wanting to disturb them, I backed away…

“The greatest triumph of the devil in the modern age is convincing people he doesn’t exist.” I don’t know the author of that memorable quote, but it encompasses feel-good New…

It may sound strange coming from a mystic, but I sympathize with atheists. If the choice is between a ‘Creator’ standing apart from ‘His’ creation, or nothing but cosmic randomness,…

It’s late afternoon. The foothills are astoundingly clear after raining all night and morning. A few lines of gray and white cumulus hover over the hills, like stationary waves crashing…

On one of the last days of the year before winter set in in the mountains, I drove up to Lassen Volcanic National Park, the entrance of which is only…