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Escape the Monologues: The Stories that Trap Us
On my way to work one day, I saw a stray dog. A greyhound mix, he was trotting along the road, his ribs showing through his thin coat. A large black tumorous growth protruded from his side. I stopped my car and got out. I called to him to come, but he just stood there, his eyes fixed on the road ahead. When he started to run again, I followed him. He stopped. I called. He ran. This happened a few times before I realized that I could not interrupt his mindset. Never once did he make eye contact with me or respond with any doggy signal. I couldn’t make…
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Leaving Simple Behind: Embracing Complexity
“God keeps telling me Keep it simple. Keep it simple.” The father of the groom told me this as we drove to the wedding in which I was to be a matron of honor. At that moment, it sounded kind of wise. He was a Christian and seemed like a nice guy. Except what he didn’t tell me was that he had spent the morning arguing with his daughter about whether or not to bring the woman with whom he was having an affair to the reception. To this day, I cannot imagine anything that would be more hurtful to a wife who was still blissfully unaware of his infidelity.…
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Get Your Wonder Back: Why Awe is Crucial
The entire world is out to steal your wonder. I think it is because to experience wonder is to participate in hope, faith, and a love of the unquantifiable. The world likes everything nailed down, stretched out on an index card and pinned, kept under a glass case. I read recently that physicists and mathematicians were more likely to believe in God than others in the hard sciences. Physicists and mathematicians, I suppose, spend their days contemplating the incomprehensible, yet intricately designed universe. This particular study went on to say that medical doctors, too, were more likely to believe in miracles than other scientists, partly because many times healing is…
Healing Through Art & Words
