She who tooteth not

She who tooteth not

“She who tooteth not her own horn, the same shall not be tooted” – Damon Runyon – Today’s blog is different and difficult for…

Awards for Changing the World

Awards for Changing the World

Some time back, in doing a review of Lyndsey Stomebridge and her We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love…

All the Beauty

All the Beauty

This week I’ve figured we all need as much balm for our battered spirits as we can easily locate. I have a book handy…

Guernica War: then & now

Guernica War: then & now

At 11 feet tall and 25 feet long, Pablo Picasso’s mural Guernica is one of the biggest and most important works by the modernist…

Sacred Nature

Todays blog is four quotes from Karen Armstrong, Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World, Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. Hopefully, something…

Resistance must become our vocation

“The theologian Paul Tillich did not use the word “sin” to mean an act of immorality. He, like Kierkegaard, defined sin as estrangement. For…

ANTI-WAR THEME

ANTI-WAR THEME

Today’s blog is from material I’ve been working on: Returning to our anti-war theme, the following is written by someone I’ve actually known for…

Spiritual Wealth

Spiritual Wealth

Todays’ blog is a quote that amazes me every time I reread it: “You were born to create spiritual wealth. You live in spiritual…