The other week, when I was riding my bike to the South Bronx to go canoing in the polluted Bronx River with kids from Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (see here), an old man was feeding pigeons right in the middle of the bike path. I was running late and worried about time and […]
Spirituality and Personal Growth
Where the deeply personal meets the political
This morning I woke up and did the laundry in the bathroom sink and then asked my two-year-old, Isabella, and my wife, Michelle, if they wanted toast. They both said no. Assuming Michelle could gauge the truth for herself, I made only enough for me and Isabella. Then Michelle changed her mind and started eating toast I’d earmarked for Isabella. […]
Why I sometimes drone on about wacky spiritual questions…
…because if people like me, who have the money to consume, don’t find something to do that is more meaningful and fulfilling then just, well, consuming, then the planet may well be screwed. At the same time, I see how I can deceive myself into spinning round the gerbil wheel and working my butt off to get […]