Hate In The Offering Plate

We must not be afraid to name the system of belief that has warped the…

Confronting the Legacy of Slavery in the North

Those who chose his name for the street could not have…

Finding “Now”

“Be here now,” Ram Dass once wrote. That saying became a mantra and a key for many Westerners in understanding meditative traditions…

Whose Streets?

“The thing is, cops lie,” my friend says, “They look you in the eye, and they lie to…

Are you ready for Virtual Church?

I found myself wondering just that after breaking up a light saber…

Ritual, Slowness, and Time Out of Time

My parents and their parents remembered something that I had…

History is What You Do

Camus knew the feeling most of us have: individuals can feel impotent in the…

Balanced and Based in Reality

Friday, September 22nd is the fall equinox — the “equal night.” If anything in nature is to teach us…

ERROR!

I had just spent the vast majority of my waking hours for two straight days on my first photogrammetry project. Photogrammetry allows one to…

The Tree Always Remembers

I bear witness to their stories. I bear witness and sometimes it breaks bits…