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Author Archives: Boz
Peace: Advent Word 4
Give Peace a Chance? Most Advent meditations have no need of a trigger warning, but here goes: If you’re expecting warm fuzzies, you should make a peace sign and hum a few bars of “Kumbaya.” My thoughts as I pondered … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Advent Word, church
Tagged Advent, First Amendment, peace, religion
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Presence: Advent Word 3
In an argument that has informed my efforts to understand God ever since I first read it, Walter T. Stace wrote, “Either God is a mystery, or he is nothing at all.” However, it seems that some of the attributes … Continue reading
United in Grief and Patriotism: The Memory of a 10-Year-Old Girl
What were you doing 60 years ago today? (If twinkling somewhere in a galaxy far, far away, don’t bother to reply.)
Posted in America, Arizona, divisiveness, freedom, history, memories, politics, unity
Tagged America, Arizona, assassination, Globe, history, Kennedy, memory, mourning, National Anthrm, patriotism
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The Evening and the Morning
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second … Continue reading
Relationships in Red Ink: 50 Years
My relationships with red ink have been myriad and complicated.
Russell Banks: 1940-2023 (Actually, Immortal)
Browsing the “Books and Arts” section of the Wall Street Journal today (matutinal guilty pleasure #2, close on the heels of “Opinion”), I glanced at a small headline in the lower left-hand corner, revealing the death of Russell Banks. I didn’t read … Continue reading
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Tagged literature, Russell Banks, short story
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Follow-up on sharing my own wisdom (such as it is)
In my previous post, “An Accident on the Wheel of Fortune,” I mentioned a book that plays a significant part in the way I start each day. The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman comprises 365 brief daily meditations … Continue reading
An Accident on the Wheel of Fortune
My experience behind the wheel I am told that around 8:00 p.m. on October 28, 2022, I had a car accident. Empirical evidence certainly supports such a hypothesis. If the picture alone isn’t enough, I can report that I had … Continue reading