Topic: Balance

The Evolutionary Epic

Held in our particular, individual human lives, the idea of evolution can seem like a mere idea; a means of explaining the everyday but with little bearing on our daily lives. This Sunday, on the eve of the anniversary of Darwin’s publication of On the Origin of Species, let us reflect on our own interwovenness … Continue reading The Evolutionary Epic

To Save the Earth

How does one persevere in the face of the wicked problems of our day? The mounting complexity of the world reveals itself like a many headed hydra whose body is hard to discern beneath the writhing mass of troubles. While we may not individually have the resources to tip the scales we may consider the … Continue reading To Save the Earth

The Walls We Build Ourselves

A reflection on how, as individuals and as cultures, classes, races and nations we often let ego, fear, tribalism, rules, and routines wall us off from insight, growth, novelty, contact and compassion.  How might we find a better balance between self and society?