Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world. Then we took it for granted. Discontent began a small rumble in the earthly...

Today is Native American Heritage Day, at (almost) the end of Native American Heritage Month.   We do not (yet) do it well enough, but we...

It's American Thanksgiving today. Here is a Thanksgiving Address of the Haudenosaunee First Nation People. Haudenosaunee is the common...

Jimi Hendrix, the legendary guitarist of the 60s and 70s, was born on this day in 1942. His name shows up in the top 5 of every list of...

From Braiding Sweetgrass  by Robin Wall Kimmerer "The Windigo is the legendary monster of our Anishinaabe people, the villain of a tale...

Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations have been accused of sexual assault of one kind or another, and another has been accused of...

We humans tend to set boundaries between ourselves and others. Often that happens internally, as we judge and evaluate someone and place...

Oh our Mother the Earth, oh our Father the Sky, Your children are we, and with tired backs We bring you the gifts that you love. Then...

“We are living in a time many people refer to as the Anthropocene. Humans have become the single most influential species on the planet,...

One of the arguments made to counter the racism evident in Donald Trump’s actions, attitudes and words is that a higher percentage of...

Led Zeppelin recorded “When the Levee Breaks” in 1971. It appeared on their unnamed fourth album (the one that also has “Stairway to...

On Earth, just a teaspoon of neutron starwould weigh six billion tons. Six billion tons equals the collective weight of every animal on...

I was first introduced to “apokatastasis” (restoration of all things) in the early 1980s. I was serving as a missionary for the Christian...

I have a friend who has studied environmental issues for decades. He has a brilliant, sharp mind, and he remembers most – all? – of what...

This slogan came often from the lips of Donald Trump during his campaign for president in 2024.   His MAGA crowd loved it: they cheered...

Stand here on this little hillside long enough, grasses waving, breeze breezing, until you can outgrow the illusion that you are some...