a reclaimed blog from years ago There is a song in the musical Rent where Maureen sings, “Take me for who I am, who I was meant to be…”...

Have you ever questioned the history you were taught—or the parts that were left out? In recent years, the deepening divisions between...

before the world called us wrong we were stars in the sky spinning stories in the silence between breaths of the wind walking roads...

In one of my all-time favorite episodes of Star Trek, the crew of the USS Enterprise stumbles upon an extraordinary encounter with...

Today, Christmas is a time many associate with joy, decorations, generosity, and community. However, this wasn’t always the case. During...

We always knew it would be close. Those of us who’ve watched the pendulum of history swing understand that anger, fear, resentment, and...

“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself...

For years, many have claimed that the best form of love is unconditional love. Healthline says that unconditional love is love that is...

t/w sexual abuse; trauma; suicide My maternal grandmother grew up on a northern Pennsylvania farm. Her mother died shortly after...

Doing those deeply unfashionable things—slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting—is a radical act now,...

We have all heard the old saying – “Sticks and stones might break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” The saying reflects a mistake....

Ah, the holidays. Days filled with Christmas traditions - moments and things that center our holiday memories. Some are specific to our...

Perhaps no person is more responsible for the modern celebration of Christmas than Saint Francis of Assisi, and it is to him credit goes...

In Plato’s The Republic , Socrates makes the point that when the parts of the soul are in balance there is justice and that imbalances...

Two weeks and two days ago, I embarked on a strange journey for this time of pandemic and distrust. I packed up the car and began a...

It is time to stop being polite… “We are not sheep or cows. God didn’t create fences for us or boundaries to contain our nationalities....

Moving the Church into the streets. "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we...

A Wide World of Stories: On a social media wall, a man flashes the horn hand symbol as he glares at the camera, intent on spreading his...

Leaving a job without a plan, especially one where you liked the job but found the working environment unhealthy, is a life experience...

The Olympics are intended to be a universal representation of good will and recognition of top athletes from all over the world. Yet,...