Perhaps the most trenchant spiritual question that’s haunted the hearts and minds of people over the ages is: “How can there be a God that would allow the terrible suffering…
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meditation
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When I was 17 I asked a heretical question in America: What is all this wealth for? I grew up in Michigan when Detroit was still the car king of…
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Humans have begun “The Sixth Extinction.” The American media, even the progressive media, have been promoting the idea that most of the life on Earth has been wiped out many…
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Soon after I left my family in Michigan and moved to California at 20, I went on a memorable 4-night backpacking trip with the Sierra Club into the High Sierras.…
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The wind gusted all day today, keeping the temperature unseasonably low, and the foothills splendidly clear. The creek still runs cold, clear and fast, and it was good to sit…
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There was a time when Americans feared and detested mobs. Indeed, it was part of our mythology. Now we’re ruled by a hard-core 40% who refuse to hear or see…
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In the not so distant past, most of the challenges humans faced were external. Until modern times, life imposed them. We had to survive in the wilderness–a very different thing…
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A Great Blue Heron flies up to a branch from the stream about 30 meters downstream. It’s only visible through the thick foliage for a few seconds, but the sight…