So Real, it’s Surreal…
I’m writing this article in the study of some German friends, having arrived from Adelaide in Australia to their little German village, Bad Mergentheim, yesterday. Maybe it’s partly because of […]
Tag Archives: culture
“Spiritual but not Religious” Dogma
While reviewing a new book for a religion journal, I recently came across a term unfamiliar to me: reflexive spirituality. Coined by the sociologist Wade Clark Roof, the term appears […]
What If?
Do you ever wonder about what might have been? What if I had taken that job? What if I had moved to that city or stayed in that city? What […]
The My Little Ponies Makeover
As a little girl, I loved Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Ponies. My daughter has, somehow, developed a similar love thanks to the ubiquitous marketing that puts such characters—or Disney […]
Tell me: What is the Meaning of Life?
“Would you be interested in coming to give a short talk to a group of high school/university students?” The question came a while back and, as is my customary practice, I […]
Can Science Discover Everything?
Marcelo Gleiser, a theoretical physicist specializing in cosmology, nonlinear physics, and astrobiology, has a new book out, reviewed yesterday on NPR. I have not yet read the book but it […]
We Are One
Every time it’s the same thing. The colors, the faces, the emotions, the song… The song that continues to play in our ears. There’s nothing we can do. A soccer […]
Don’t Waste Your Life
I don’t usually make time to sweat the big stuff, never mind the small stuff, but an unexpected email recently had the effect of shoving the enormous existential question, ‘what […]
A Wedding in New Orleans
In the last year I’ve had the great fortune of attending two spectacular weddings in the city of New Orleans. This was a fun coincidence given that most of my […]
You be religious for me. Thanks but no thanks.
Vicarious religion. I’ve finally come across the term I have been looking for for years. Something inside me was whispering that one day it would arrive, that one day I […]
Wondering Fair 