The Silver Lining of These Dark Days
These are wildly encouraging times. (No, really, they are.) So many of us have been horrified to realize the extent to which bigotry and intolerance still exist – and currently drive the national agenda – in the US and elsewhere. And yet, the ugliness that...
Destiny or Downfall? The Decision Point in the American Experiment
The United States seems to be veering dangerously close to Constitutional crisis. Both sides of today’s political divide claim to be standing up for the true intentions of the nation’s founders. So, who’s right? The answer is: neither, and both. The founders laid out...
What Rituals for Modern Times?
It was a year ago, during a week-long island retreat, that I strongly felt the connection between ritual and reverence and the vital need for both in every context of our lives. For over a decade, my work has been driven by the belief that if we are to be wise and...
Nothing is Worth More than this Day
Nothing is worth more than this day. So says the wall in front of me. Years ago, I posted those words as a constant reminder to myself. But, of course, at some point, they fade into the background, unnoticed. Today, I felt drawn to reflect on them again. This...
Generative Journalism
I’m at the end of three head-spinningly rich days with Peter Pula, the founder and CEO of Axiom News. We’ve been exploring what he and his team mean by “generative journalism” and what more it might come to mean. The gist of our discussion has been that there’s...Page 1 of 5
