I’m sure you heard about the death of Prince. You may even have found yourself, in memoriam, rewatching the celebrity movie Purple Rain. Prince was one of the greats, an extraordinarily talented musician and songwriter, a great performer, a man gifted with maybe the greatest voice in popular music. His passing came hard on the… Read More »
Want To Write Your Story And Not Just Live In It?
The holiday season is not just a time of festivities, it’s also a time of tradition. No doubt you pulled out some for Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, maybe tomato aspic! You probably gathered with the same family or friends that you’ve celebrated with for years. And you gathered in a favorite… Read More »
Having Real Conversations
A few weeks ago one of my sisters posted on facebook a link to an article which suggested we might be headed towards the next World War. It was well reasoned and thoughtful, and its publication in the left-wing working-class British newspaper, The Daily Mirror, made it doubly interesting. The obvious argument of the article… Read More »
The Problem of Taking Yourself Too Seriously
Life is a serious business for sure…a business that is far too serious for us to take to take too seriously! And yet we do. Starting with ourselves. We are driven ever more to do so by marketing and media. But we are so immersed in our culture that it’s hard to see this happening…and… Read More »
The Problem With Giving 15 Minutes of Fame For Murder-Suicides
A nation is in shock after the horrible murder on live television of reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward in Virginia. As the grieving shifts into reflection, we head back down the familiar path of arguments about gun control. With America’s horrible history of the slaughter of innocents in public settings, many protest over-easy… Read More »
