The only people that really know our young lives are our parents. Whatever vague recollections I have from my early earthly days cannot compete with the vibrant remembrances my parents vividly recall. They know more about my early life even if I am the original owner (actually God is the owner of all life). My […]
Tag Archives: spiritual awakening
12
Sep
Sep
This existential heading may seem like a strange question to ask of anyone who has been birthed and bathed in the modern world of emancipation, liberation and an insatiable individualism; but it’s THE question every human has hopefully examined even in an otherwise unexamined life. It’s the same question God asks of us every day; […]
22
Aug
Aug
Like every well-versed Sunday schooler, I learned about Moses and the fickle faith of God’s chosen people. Even after miracle after miracle, they still did not trust in God. Consequently, they wandered for forty years in the wilderness. A story I thought I faithfully comprehended, until I foolishly followed in their footsteps. As a child […]
01
Aug
Aug
How we understand the world is how we understand ourselves, others and our faith; and yes, we all have a faith, even the most ardent atheist or apathetic agnostic. Every human needs purpose and perseverance to prevent a life of pointlessness. When we lack meaning in our lives we become lost in a despair of […]
27
Jun
Jun
Fifty years ago, as our nation celebrated its bicentennial, a shy skinny suburban fourth grader summoned the courage to step out from among his classmates. Performing his impersonation of James Cagney as he spun, shook and slid across a soulless gymnasium floor. His classmates in support of his stage entrance as they sung about a […]
06
Jun
Jun
Someone once said that time heals all wounds; maybe. I can only speak from my own experience and my owned grief. What time has allowed me is plot and perspective to ponder what my life has been about. What my life could have been about, and what my life should have been about. Like rings […]
16
May
May
The modern world has deconstructed every social institution, disassembled the cosmos and disarmed the world of any meaning. Reducing the human experience to a succession of stimuli to serve a soulless system. Science is sacred, the sacred is scorned and humans are suffering. As a culture and a country, we our spiritually sick, mentally maladjusted […]
11
Apr
Apr
I am Gen Xer (born 1965–1980). One of many life labels that’s been assigned to me. A moniker that describes something about me, without being unique to me like being born in the United States. What is distinctive when talking about my generation, is that we are the last analog generation. While some sociologists and […]
28
Mar
Mar
One of my many favorite creators on Substack and X is James Lucas who posts about beauty and truth. Both of which I believe are attributes of the Divine. On a recent X post He shared Roman epitaphs created for their dog’s tombs. One of them hit my heart hard even as a cat person. […]
21
Mar
Mar
At fifty-nine, I know I’m blessed to have the gift of time and the means necessary to allow me to pursue my heart’s passions as opposed to my past profession. This allows me to think a lot about whatever this is. This being life or awareness of this reality; whatever that means. This or that […]