In the wake of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, Rev. Ken Beldon talks about 12 Years A Slave, the awful reality of white supremacy in America, and how we can become people who stand for loving kindness.

How do you keep yourself open and awake instead of trying to beat vulnerability to the punch?

How do you keep yourself open and awake instead of trying to beat vulnerability to the punch?

Can we have too much of a good thing? What are the blessings of abundance, even over-abundance?

Can we have too much of a good thing? What are the blessings of abundance, even over-abundance?

This year we lost Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize and perhaps the most renowned novelist in the genre of magical realism. Dreams and myths mix. Questions, explorations and answers intangibly flow together. At times with baffling confusion history, present times and the future are woven like gorgeous tapestry. How do and can our religious lives benefit from this important way of approaching life?

This year we lost Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize and perhaps the most renowned novelist in the genre of magical realism. Dreams and myths mix. Questions, explorations and answers intangibly flow together. At times with baffling confusion history, present times and the future are woven like gorgeous tapestry. How do and can our religious lives benefit from this important way of approaching life?

From where or whom do you seek affirmation of your gifts? How might you connect to practices or communities that help you “check out your worth”?

From where or whom do you seek affirmation of your gifts? How might you connect to practices or communities that help you “check out your worth”?

How has awkwardness, embarrassment, and uncomfortable growth shown up in your life? Where are you being forced to rest and receive?