Generous Listening

Krista Tippett, the host of the On Being podcast and author of Becoming Wise, speaks of “generous listening”—an attitude of open-hearted curiosity that says I want to understand what is …

Expectation and Resentment

In a recent Science of Mind issue, Michael Gott wrote that an old timer in Alcoholics Anonymous once said that “expectations are resentments in training.” When I think about what …

The Child in Every Grownup

As I walked the other morning listening to Krista Tippet’s interview with Alain de Botton, I was struck with how I had been raised by two children. Not literally, of …

Sculpting the Real Self

Sculpting the Real Self   I once read that Michaelangelo was asked how he managed to create the magnificent statue of David, and he replied that he carved away all …

Eclipse of the Heart

Eclipse of the HeartRev. Michael Gott used the metaphor of an eclipse in the Science of Mind magazine–a metaphor that I also used in describing my experience in Riptide.  An …

Self-Trust and Leaving Home

Self-Trust and Leaving HomeSometimes we don’t start leaving home until well into middle age or beyond. Some folks never do. (This may be apparent if you are a regular consumer …

Connection v. Protection

When I see a couple in which fight or flight (attacking or shutting down as typical relational conflict strategies) is happening, I know that the only way to begin healing the dispute is to follow Einstein’s advice to transcend the level at which the problem was created.

Mortality & Grace

While watching an older, heftier Dan Ackroyd reprise the classic Bass-O-Matic skit during the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special recently, I was transported back to my parents’ living room, …