Melding Body, Mind, & Spirit; Lenten Practices, Christian Traditions. Jesus in the Desert for 40 days. Hunger & Fasting in Solidarity with the Hungry. Journals, Journaling. Discipline, Self-Discipline, Self-Sacrifice. Religious Practices, Christian Spirituality, Spiritual Growth.

On NOT Talking about G-d, the Great Sacred, the Holy One. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Sogyal Rinpoche: G-d’s Vastness. Buddhism, Christianity: Naming the UnNameable. Hebrew Bible; Israelite Prophet, Second Isaiah. Eco-Theology, Eco-Spirituality in the Judeo-Christian Tradition. Fresh Green Blessings: Reading the Judeo-Christian Bible through a Buddhist Lens with Mother Earth Eyes […]

Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path; Right Speech & Compassionate Listening. Thich Nhat Hanh: People are Saturated with Suffering; We Listen not just to Understand, but to Reduce Suffering. Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount – Judge Not & be Not Judged. Bridging our Cultural Divides: What is Helpful, Healing, & Beneficial?

Movies that Change Lives. Critical Moments in Development, Adolescence. Peter Falk & Jill Clayburgh in 1976 TV movie “Griffin and Phoenix.” Mortality, Death, Meaning, Relationships, Remembering Dying. Question, Quest-I-On, Praxis, Reflection. Playfulness, Mischievousness, Lightness as Values.

Reflections on our Non-Separateness, our Interconnectedness, our Inter-Being Natures, Interbeing. The Vast Network of What Makes Us Who We Are. Thich Nhat Hanh; Buddhism. Empty of Separateness; Our Fierce Interdependence. Family, Stepfamilies, Children, & Grandchildren.

QUESTIONs as the QUEST I am ON. Spiritual Roles, Religious Identity; Double Belonging, Buddhist Christian; Child of Mother Earth. Spiritual Practices: Prayer, Compassion, Meditation, Agape Love, Time in Nature, Hospitality. Laurence Boldt’s Zen & The Art of Making a Living.

* Storytelling & Story Listening: A Gift Unto Itself * Ruth Sawyer’s The Way of the Storyteller. Refraction of Light through Everyday Storytelling & Artful Story Listening. Original Stories, Folktales, Family Lore. Michael the Storyteller Tells Tales; The Mindful Storyteller; MichaeltheStoryteller.com Creating Space; Mindful Presence.

* Imbolc 2021 * Irish Celtic “Turning of the Year”; Spring in February, Celebrating Imbolc. Bringing in the Green, Christmas Tree, Pine Boughs, Branches; Yuletide, Christmas. Re-Sacralizing Home, Ohm of Home, Home as Sacred. Power of Ritual & Tradition. Nature, Natural World, Eco-Spirituality, Eco-Theology.