When in pain, pain takes over. It is all we can focus on—the pain, its sources and the resulting brokenness. Without perspective, it is all we can see and all we can feel. Betrayal and rejection are this way. Shootings, rape, inequities, organized hate crimes,...
Darkness is so often thought of in negative terms, but there are different ways to think about the dark and the times when darkness settles in. It is a time of transition, a special time. An opportunity to find something new. A time where we can open ourselves to new...
Most people understand Darwin’s evolutionary theories as promoting a concept of “survival of the fittest.” The strongest will survive. Competition will leave the weak behind. It seems that Darwin himself argued against this concept’s misapplication to humans and human...