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Powerful Milkshake
By Virginia Rodriguez
There are countable moments that are happily memorable for me.
Running as a Spiritual Practice
As a boy I loved to run just for the sheer animal pleasure of it. There was something magical about moving my body – the feet flying, the churning of the legs, the pumping of the heart, and the ra…
Courage for Retooling
Philosophical Wisdom
Justice not only sees the place of everything, it feels the place of everything. Justice is that which knows what to do to restore things to their right place and knows when …
Light on the Path
Song
If changes are to come
there are things
that must be done
And a song is somewhere to begin.
— "Somewhere to Begin" by T. R. Ritchie, sung by Sara Thomsen
Artistic Wisdom
Flowers …
Feeling Short on Time? Try Something Awe-Inspiring
According to an article by Stacy Kennelly published on the Yes Magazine website, a new study shows that experiences of awe ("the feeling we get when we come across something so strikingly vast in nu…
A Prayer for New Audiences for Visual and Performing Arts
Dear Evolving God, we are so grateful that you love creativity and are still making masterpieces: the universe is a work in progress. Help us to see and appreciate the diversity, beauty, and transfo…
Save the Last Dance for Me
There was a time in my life when I believed that dancing was a natural gift that you were born with or not. My father was an accomplished dancer who in his eighties could whirl my mother around the …
In Praise of Doing the Same Thing All the Time
In a fascinating article on theatlantic.com, Derek Thompson admits to being a creature of repetition when it comes to entertainment. He has almost memorized the movie Dumb and Dumber and is perfectl…
Bob Dylan Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Bob Dylan has always impressed us with the lyrics to his songs. From his beginnings as a folk singer in 1961, he mixed folk songs with protest ballads. Critics have been amazed by the different styl…
A Prayer of Thanksgiving for Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim died November 26, 2021, at the age of 91. The obituary in The New York Times described him as "the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the…