Dr. King noted, “We are made by history.” Who we are is a product of everyone and everything that has come before. The genetic material in our cells is the unimaginably complex consummation of a trillion trillion connections. Contemporary society,…
There are different kinds of scary. Halloween scary is fun. It can be spooky, sexy, and sweet all at the same time. Halloween scary is weirdly life-affirming, even as it evokes death and darkness. It’s an invitation for us to…
My usual approach can be kind of hard. Not only hard as in difficult — though certainly that, too. But also hard as in a fierce ability to take a hard look at things when necessary, to have hard conversations…
It’s been quite a week. We expected it to be emotional, everyone gathering from around the country to honor the life of our friend, Beth, who left unexpectedly and too soon, two weeks ago. We knew we’d be dealing with…