Note: This post was recently published at Huffington Post. You can read and comment there as well. Organized religion and controversy seem to go hand in hand. Like milk and cookies, peanut butter and jelly, gin and tonic, Bert and Ernie. And today’s controversy du jour: marriage equality. The hate-filled…
The kaleidoscope zooms in on a bright summer day with a counterclockwise turn of the dial, capturing in its light a multiplicity of stories and personalities. The kaleidoscope of people and colors twists and turns, spinning and bending. Happy people twirl into sad people, young people into old people, children…
Note: This post was recently published at the Huffington Post. You can read and comment there as well. You don’t need to look far to see all the damage that religious differences can cause. The media is awash with news of violence, anger, judgment, and discrimination stemming from religious disagreements.…
“We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.” — Marcus Aurelius This week has found me in a teensy bit of a funk -…
L’Shanah Tovah! Today marks the second day of Rosh Hoshanah celebrations in the Jewish tradition. For those other non-Jews out there who might not be familiar with Rosh Hashanah, it is the Jewish New Year that marks the beginning of the High Holy Days. Beginning at sundown yesterday, the holiday…
Ask any dog owner and they will tell you that dogs are high maintenance pets. They bark loudly and often, a chorus of yips and yaps and howls. They shed, leaving massive amounts of fur and hair throughout the house that is no match for even the strongest Dyson…