Several years ago, in the very early spring, my friend Geoff and I took a walk in the high desert near the Clark Mountains of southern California. Geoff is a paleoarcheoligist, among other things, and had studied the area many times as part of various scientific projects. One of the first and most beautiful surprises… Continue

There has been a question pushing at me lately and everything finally fell into place this morning as I was driving into work. Why is it that, while I am completely and unequivocally committed to living responsibly with as much awareness and practice of environmental and financial sustainability, so much of the rhetoric, most of arguments and discussions I hear and read leave me cold? Rather than feel energized and inspired, much of what is said either bores me almost to distraction or leaves

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In the dark of early winter,

as days are short and light is dim,

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Right now, one step is enough. The last few weeks have been demanding and I spend almost no time trying to plan ahead more than necessary.

You see, my aunt Ruth, for whom I have power of attorney, manage her business affairs and whom I love, was diagnosed a month ago with aortic stenosis (narrowing and malfunction of the aortic valve between the heart and the aorta, main artery in the body). Since she is 86 years old and declining both in presence,

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I heard a phrase in a song and it has piqued my imagination. "Dancing, dangerous God" How I like that thought. Perhaps I might share some of what comes to mind as I think about a relationship in which that is an appropriate description of the Sacred, as I understand and experience such.

Probably an accurate picture of how I relate with the Divine is one of incredible passion. I am, to use someone else's words, God-mad. Most of my life, until a few years ago, I had read and heard the te

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