I begin by laying the groundwork for our shared labor with definitions, as defined by Merriam-Webster and me. holy exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness having a divine quality, venerated as or as if sacred My definition: the connection to that which is beyond. The sense that something …
I realize we are also each in the midst of the chaos of daily life even when there is not a pandemic. Here was the scene when I initially wrote this Prelude: I am currently sitting in a chair, next to my bookshelves, with a big dog half by my side and half on my …
Yet as I wallowed in grief, I realized I was not alone. This is how most of the world has lived for most of history. Rarely are leaders on the side of the people. Quite often, there are radically different views and experiences within societies and even within individual families. In the United States, people …
