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June 2022

June 07, 2022
                  In 2017 Jan and I had...
June 06, 2022
    Prayer as Spiritual Practice: Random Notes from my Dreams James Ishmael Ford I’ve...
June 05, 2022
        NO THERE THERE A Dharma Talk Edward Sanshin Oberholtzer Joseph Priestley...
June 04, 2022
    It was on this day, the 4th of June in 1411, that King...
June 03, 2022
      I see today is the anniversary of the death of Pope John...
June 02, 2022
      Out in the social media realms, the American Rinzai priest Meido Moore...

May 2022

May 30, 2022
  ZEN AND THE DARK Chris Hoff Dharma Teacher Empty Moon Zen This week I...
May 29, 2022
      THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND ANOTHER THING Spiritual Responses to Hard Things James...
May 28, 2022
              It was on this day, the 18th of...
May 28, 2022
      Julia Ward Howe was born on the 27th of May, in 1819....
May 27, 2022
          Berry Crawford at Simplicity Zen, interviewed me about a lot...
May 26, 2022
        "It has been said that man is a rational animal. All...
May 25, 2022
      Many years ago now, Jan and I and some friends visited Ireland....
May 24, 2022
    Today, the 24th of May, the Romani, or at least some Romani, celebrate...
May 23, 2022
    It was today, the 23rd of May, in 1498, that the Dominican Friar...
May 22, 2022
        American politician, San Francisco City Supervisor, and civil rights activist, Harvey...
May 20, 2022
        Antoinette Louisa Brown was born, today, the 20th of May, 1825,...
May 19, 2022
      Happy are they who know good and do good. Their love for...
May 17, 2022
        I am in the midst of a project reflecting on the...
May 16, 2022
        Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was born on this day, the 16th of...
May 15, 2022
      A while back BBC produced a wonderful six-part History of Christianity written...
May 14, 2022
      It was on this day, May 14th, 1878. that the last trial...
May 13, 2022
      As it happens, today, the 13th of May, in 1373, Julian of...
May 10, 2022
    Hard to recall the date precisely. I was somewhere on the cusp of...
May 08, 2022
      The Art of Peace in a Violent Time: A Small Mother's Day...
May 06, 2022
    I missed it as it passed, but, yesterday, the 5th of May was...
May 05, 2022
        Today is Cinco de Mayo. I usually offer a reflection on...
May 03, 2022
        Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger Peter Seeger was born on this day,...
May 02, 2022
        King James (the sixth of Scotland and first of England) not...
May 01, 2022
  There are so many things that could be noted about May 1st. But, me,...
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