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The More We Own The Less We Have to Name If we had only one coat, we would call it Warm, but if we got another, it would not be Warmer, just our other coat, and if we bought, borrowed, stole or rescued from...
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Inherent Unmarketability How do you make attractive that which is not? How do you sell emptiness, vulnerability and non-success? How do you talk about descent when everything is about ascent? How can you possibly market letting-go in a capitalist culture? How do you...
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When I found out I was having twins, I laughed, like Sarah, “Me, God? A mother of four? Surely you must be kidding!” When I found out I was having twins, I questioned the angel, like Zechariah – gave him a good ol’ lecture about the birds and the...
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I first encountered Rilke in seminary. His book, Letters to a Young Poet, was required reading for a class I took on the sabbath, though the connection between the book and the topic completely eludes me at this point. The introduction...
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After waiting anxiously for it to arrive in the mail, I quickly finished the first book of assigned reading for Journey into Silence. Short Trip to the Edge, by Scott Cairns is a spiritual memoir that tells of the author’s midlife crisis in which he’s struck by...
