At the end of each year (this was my 75th!), as I have done for the past 15 years, I have more or less kept faith with my spiritual practice of updating this site with my reflections on the principles we assigned to each of what we have come to call the Holly Days between … More Atonement, Forgiveness & Redemption
Truth, the 7th Holly Day is the first among my trinity of values that I use to guide my life. I can’t imagine how we can possible make any decent decision about anything without having as many accurate facts as possible facts. Our impression of the world is actually a post facto assembly from a … More Truth
We set Generosity on Christmas Day for obvious reasons. So many of us give more generous gifts on this day than any other. But cars with giant bows or mounds of carefully wrapped toys pale next to generosity of spirit. We should cut each other some slack, think the best rather than the worst of … More Generosity
My heart breaks for many of my neighbors afflicted with Trump Delusion Syndrome. It takes a lot of Matt 5:44 to not hate them. Their faithful but deluded devotion has facilitated the most damaging regime of my lifetime. … More Compassion
Hope is here on day four of Holly Days partly because it resonates with of Christmas Eve, with its tiny tots with their eyes all aglow and the promise of peace on earth good will toward men. My musing this year on free will has me wondering how ideas about fate might affect our hopefulness. … More Hope
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