Month: November 2019
BYCU Pain x Resistance = Suffering. That’s a mindfulness axiom. Pain is unavoidable, but our resistance to it is. If you practice yourself into complete acceptance, the result is …
“Thanksgiving Day originated in New England when the Puritans realized they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians.” Mark …
Black Wednesday Ah, Black Wednesday. I’ve been black on this Wednesday before there was Black Wednesday. I remember speculating with friends back in the 1980s that it might be …
In 1927, G.K. Chesterton spoke in the Great Hall of University College, London. The topic: “Culture and the Coming Peril.” People probably thought he was going to talk about …
Many writers talk about religious “currents,” but I think that term is too generous. The term “current” implies something sustaining and capable of moving things forward in a meaningful …
BYCU Blogging has been light. Okay, non-existent. Lots of life changes, shifting priorities, moving parts . . . whatever. I’m in a transition area, with a pretty firm idea …
The Border Let’s hope the war not spilleth over. While American media outlets have been trashing the Trump administration over its abandonment of America’s “noble Kurdish allies” in Syria, …