Even the name where the evil was methodically planned and executed was carefully chosen. Christchurch. The usual narratives for the New Zealand massacre are woefully inadequate: Islamophobia; immigration scapegoating; the…
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religion
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Four months after the misnomer of the “Camp Fire,” the devastation in Paradise was worse than I’d imagined. Like death, nothing prepares you for it. Though only 15 minutes away,…
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Having witnessed an instance of shocking abuse by a nun upon a friend in Catholic school in the 8th grade, I began to question, observe and research the religion in…
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“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” How do you view that…
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It’s mid-afternoon on one of those palpably gray and dreary days in the middle of winter. The hoot of an owl reverberates from beyond a trio of small redwoods on…
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A ferocious rain fell here in northern California yesterday, with high winds that pelted the house with water almost horizontally. It was over in 20 minutes however. Sitting on the…
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New Age philosophy has always been rather irrational, but of late it has become quite pathetic. This hit home for me in the last few days when someone in town…
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The days seem much shorter now since the time change last weekend. But I make it out for a meditation at streamside before mid-afternoon in time to see and be…