This article in The Atlantic, by physicist and MIT professor Alan Lightman, issues an invitation. With more quiet time, more privacy, more stillness, we have an opportunity to think about…
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We were put in this world to love … our neighbors. Everything else passes away, only this remains. The tragedy we are experiencing summons us to take seriously the things…
My biggest question over the last week has been, “How might I contribute at this time?” The term “CARE package” originated in 1945, when millions of Europeans were at risk…
Sometimes it feels as though my days are made up of running errands. Dashing from one place to another on foot slows the process, which means I get less accomplished…
Another family-run business in the San Francisco Bay Area is closing. This time it’s a 39-year-old bakery with locations throughout the Bay Area. Aside from the usual narrative about the…
In training to be a journalist, the first lesson I learned was how to ask the right questions so you can get meaningful answers. Researchers also understand this. From the…
Over the last several years, we have seen a steady drumbeat of news stories documenting the mass human diaspora that is occurring around the globe. Over five million people have…
The modern phrase “grasping at straws” actually dates back to the 1500s and is mostly attributed to Thomas More and his “Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation.” He that in tribulation…
My friends and I joke about the GPS voice that says “recalibrating” when we don’t follow her specific instructions. We wonder if it would be better if she sounds more…
There is a meditation I have followed in which the guide has me thinking of a tiny pinprick of light in the middle of my chest. As the meditation continues,…