R.I.P. Brian Williard, a.k.a. funnyphilosopher . Homey died yesterday.  Earlier in the week, he had consumed too much alcohol in too...

I will collect here stories of times when my horoscopes have been exceptionally accurate.  This post may be updated from time to time....

16:01 Saturday 2014-06-28.  [Written in the “smoke pit” at the shelter, waiting admission.] They escorted Jimmy out of here about half...

From my diary: Thursday  2014-06-19.  13:30.  In a recent column, Dan Rodricks mentioned Manna House, which I’d never heard of before. ...

All my life, I’ve been fascinated with things that glow in the dark.  Where does the light come from?  This is now fundamental to my...

Bookmarks: Two Men Use Girl As Human Shield — Until Her Father Guns Them Down • Less incarceration could lead to less crime • Four...

Pray for yourself first. When you pray for someone, you become a channel through which the Holy Spirit (or “Life Force”) flows to address...

A ‘village’ of mentors keeps Trayvon Martin’s friend, Rachel Jeantel, on track Tom Joyner: “Did it work? The short answer to that is no.”...

I recently came across the web page for The New Life Clinic.  This appears to be new.  It’s modest, but says enough. The New Life Clinic...

Another link from Brian Williard : This Ancient Philosophy Is What We Desperately Need In Our Modern Lives Growing up, all the word...

Here is the second portion of the book The Way of Peace , the first portion of which appeared yesterday . ———— ♦ ———— MEDITATION...

Bookmarks: African issues • Supreme Court prayer decision ———— ♦ ———— Kerry pledges $30 million in aid for Congo elections Researching...

From “Learning to pray:”   “[T]he most common mistake I observe in other folks’ prayers [is] an assumption that God is distant and apart...

(Originally posted 08/15/13 at Trojan Horse Productions .  Reblogged 11/29/18. ) [Note, 08/15/13: Releasing this now as I will have...

Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a ladder out of a pit, the pit being my current circumstances of...

One is unlikely to understand this without first reading “From my diary: Learning to pray.” Bookmarks: 1. Don’t come uninvited. 2. You...

How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Here’s How To Tell If you’re in a boat out on the water, and a storm comes up, and the boat’s...

Links within this post: The Gospel vs. George Will Divisions in South Sudan’s liberation movement fuel war Phil Robertson Housing update...

Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a ladder out of a pit, the pit being my current circumstances of...

Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a ladder out of a pit, the pit being my current circumstances of...