What the hell is he building in there?
He has subscriptions to those magazines
He never waves when he goes by
He's hiding something from the rest of us
He's all to himself
I think I know why

This little sweetheart, in the early morning hours, scratching at my back door, beckons me to come outside, leads me to this dark corner, looks over her shoulder, whispers “Death to tyrants”

Still Small Voice May 25: Who do you think you are?

I think I am a Utopian. It’s unpopular these days. Nothing haunts our imagination like the visions of dystopia streaming from our feeds and platforms and cinemas. Is it because we’re closer to that reality than to the world that ought to be?

No but seriously, what's he building in there?

I am both insufferably proud and deeply unqualified to be presenting a paper on conspiracy paranoia and spiritual practices at Harvard Divinity School’s Evolution of Spirituality conference this week.
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2024 showed one thing clearly: People are hard to understand. I get the need for chaos and the fear of insignificance, petty vindictiveness, being too exhausted for empathy. But I do not understand willful ignorance or the celebration of cruelty, nor mean-spirited stupidity as a political movement.

Jimmy Carter was a great leader. Even in his later years, and despite inhabiting a deeply traditional set of values, like decency and service, he was an innovative thinker. Haunting Trump’s inauguration day like that took serious planning, determination, and a certain shade of Southern humor.

WHAT IS THE HUMAN BEING? The Still Small Voice experiment, Dec 22 The Church 10 AM

As we conclude this year-long experiment in gathering and reflection, we arrive at the question that informs all the other questions: What is the Human Being?

So, what are we?
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Be amazed. Be angry.