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Welcome to the Short & Sweet Spirituality Blog
This blog grows from seeds planted by poet Mark Nepo, when he called Mary Ann and me "wisdom keepers" who are curating and interpreting the wisdom of humankind. After 50 years of reviewing and colle…
The Benefits of Inspiration
In a well-done and needed essay in The Aspen Journal of Ideas, Scott Barry Kaufman, the Scientific Director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsy…
A Not So Quixotic Aspiration: What we can learn from Don Quixote
In the tale of Don Quixote de la Mancha, sixteenth century Spanish writer Don Miguel de Cervantes challenges us to see that our most difficult and scary battle is within. That is the conclusion of S…
Rising above Stereotypes
by Kavya Shah
Strength is an overrated term; no one truly understands what it means to be strong or resilient.
Loving God by Knowing Many Things
The immensely talented artist Vincent Van Gogh wrote a letter to his brother Theo in which he spoke from his heart: "I think that the best way to know God is to love many things." In a sensitive and…
Pop Songs as Postmodern Angels
Not a lot of my liberal friends believe in angels, but I do. I am, after all, a process theologian.
I think pop songs are angels. They fly through the air with their sonic wings, carrying their k…
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…
Loyalty to Collective Breathing: A Yoga of World Solidarity
I feel fairly certain — as certain as I can feel — that when George Floyd couldn’t breathe, God couldn’t breathe either. What I mean is that George Floyd’s gasping for air was shared by an…
On the Bouncing Life
Artistic Wisdom
Inspiration is a flash of fire in the human soul. . . . Honor it at all costs.
— Phil Cousineau in Stoking the Creative Fires
Giving from the Heart
By Daniela Esparza
The Christmas aroma filled the air as I eagerly waited for the time to pass and finally opened an embellished box to satisfy my curiosity.
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