“I’ve never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Henry David Thoreau in Walden Solitude and being alone can be frightening. Many of us are actually afraid of being alone. The idea of solitude seems to be better left to monks and mystics and...
I’m continuing my topic of friendship this week – because I think connection with others is (besides parenthood) probably the most important as well as rewarding relationships we can have. As I watch my children age, I see how having friends and being a...
A few months ago, a well meaning friend pointed out the obvious (to her) that my blog name “spiritual lens” looked like it had the word “aliens” in it. Anytime you have a confusing blog name, it is not necessarily a good thing. But then again, anytime you make a...
I don’t speak about making amends that often in this blog. However, the process of going back in my life and healing my past through making amends has been a powerful experience. The term ‘amend’ means ‘to change’ or ‘to alter in some fashion.’ Like when we make an...
I have committed to answering your questions, in this blog, for the next few weeks so please feel free to put something in the comment or email me directly if you have a topic you’d like addressed. In this post, I am addressing how playing the victim in our lives can...
One of my former students texted me a few weeks ago and confessed that he felt he didn’t believe in God. He was struggling with faith and believed he was insignificant. That surely there was no such thing as God. If God existed, there wouldn’t be so much pain in the...
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