What a timely find in this article written by Jeremy Beer about the Communio movement within the Catholic church and David L. Schindler, author of Being Holy in the World and Ordering Love. How refreshing to read his perspective about the nature and meaning of life as being relational, to God, to onself and to others and the primacy … Continue reading »
God Only Knows
Dear Mr. Bloom, I love your books. I have read The Lucifer Principle, Genius of the Beast and The Global Brain and am currently reading The God Problem. So, I am a big fan even though we may disagree about God and the Problem…although I do agree that what we call God and how we … Continue reading »
Love and Mercy
There may not be a word used as frequently in our day that’s so lacking in a precise definition as the word Depression. Literally, to depress is to press down, which we still recognize when a doctor uses a tongue depresser to see the back of our throat. But since the latter part of the … Continue reading »
Your Bright Baby Blues
Even before the Aurora theater shootings last July, I had an interest in mass shootings that have sadly become a part of our American culture in the last 25 years or so. Why are they happening – is there something in the water causing some new form of derangement? Seriously, what is clear to me … Continue reading »
Go Ask Alice
Since the recent shootings in Aurora, CO and Newtown, CT, I have been trying to understand why in the last 25 years or so we are seeing an increase in the numbers of mass shootings in schools, malls, churches, workplaces and other public spaces. In the popular media there are several issues gaining traction in response … Continue reading »
I’d Gladly Lose Me to Find You
As happens in all eras of big technological leaps, our modern world is changing us. No longer does our struggle to survive bring us the amount of direct contact with the raw elements to secure food, to build and maintain shelter, or to stay safe from both human and animal predators as our ancestors once … Continue reading »
49 Reasons Redux
It’s hard not to be emotionally touched by the tragedies of this past week, even though most of us do not know the victims, survivors or the criminals. In that way we all share in the very impersonal nature of the mass shootings in nearby Clackamas, Oregon and far away Newtown, Connecticut. I think the … Continue reading »
Sleep a lot, eat a lot, brush ’em like crazy
In these modern times of plenty there are indeed many things to be thankful for. Having been continually amazed by both my own and your existence throughout the years of my life- being alive has always seemed to me to be the essential starting point for Thankfulness. But with the passing of time I see … Continue reading »
Words
“Is there a reality that is not framed or formed? No. Reality is always coming through a pair of glasses, a point of view, a language–a fantasy.” James Hillman From a very early age, I have always loved words. Long before I could write in cursive I would scribble in my composition book endlessly pretending … Continue reading »
Ooh Child
Charles Hugh Smith’s latest book, Resistance, Revolution, Liberation- A Model for Positive Change, will stand as an all time favorite of mine for so many reasons. With a clarity of vision that cannot be easily placed anywhere on the political spectrum of left/right, his latest book offers up ways in which to resist the consumerist … Continue reading »
Don’t Give Up
Perhaps the Greeks had it right and the common strand running through all of our lives is tragedy- of one sort or another. Often, I wonder why in these modern times, it seems so hard to acknowledge our struggles and yes, our deepest, darkest personal tragedies. Why do our lives seem to be lived with … Continue reading »
Carry On
“A certain kind of courage is required to follow what truly calls to us; why else would so many choose to live within false certainties and pretensions of security? If genuine treasures were easy to find this world would be a different place. If the path of dreams was easy to walk or predictable to … Continue reading »
