Reflections about Meaning, Purpose, and Growth
Reflections
Seeking wisdom beneath a meaningful sky.
Essays on astrology, faith, memory, and the curious business of being human. Some begin with a birth chart. Others with a question—or a story that refuses to leave me alone.
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Tobacco Run: How My Father Taught Me to See God
When I was five, I had my first conversation with my father about the existence of God — or at least the first conversation I can remember. That I would have such a conversation with Dad…
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Writing & Alchemy: The Transformation of Experience into Meaning
Writing has always seemed to me a kind of alchemy. The old alchemists believed that hidden within common and seemingly worthless substances lay the possibility of transformation. Their work began with the prima materia — dark,…
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Gratitude: The Courage to See What Remains
Gratitude is not naïveté. It is a way of seeing. Recently, a professional friend told me she was more of a “glass-half-empty” person than a “glass-half-full” one. She admitted she needed optimistic people around her because…
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