Author: mktdaf
Writings: Leonard rings in the new…
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen
Music: Remembering the laughter & the love & the tasks before us
Everyone has something they like about Jesus, the Christ, and I reckon I’m no exception. There’s a lot to like – the Sermon on the Mount, his lessons on love, his direction that we care for those with less – and one of my favourites is the story where he throws the money changers out…
Intuitives: Alexa tells about BodyTalk & the spirit of Diva…
It’s always fun to find out new things & meet new people, and it was amazing to run into Alexa Linton at the Intuitive Fair in October in Victoria, BC. Inspired by her horse Diva and a process called BodyTalk, Alexa offers services to help heal mind, body & spirit. I had a session with…
Writings: The power of “I don’t know,” with Megan Edge
I have long thought that one of the great days of a kind of spiritual liberation for me was when, as a young teacher, I told a classroom of kids, “I don’t know.” It was great to discover I didn’t have to know, and didn’t have to try & find out everything…and in this, I became…
Thoughts: Where we’ve been & where we’re headed, with Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall has perfected the art of patience. The world-renowned primatologist, now 80, spent decades of her youth calmly stalking wild chimpanzees through Gombe Stream National Park, including long stretches of frustration — and a bout of malaria — before the astute apes let her close enough to study them. That persistence paid off, of…
Thoughts: We play this game together…
Guy gets hurt in a game. Guy on the other side checks on him & says he hurts, too, that the guy who got hurt is like a little brother to him. It’s more than class & sportsmanship…it’s the way people really do. More real than the pretend stuff on the highlight reels….humans actually caring…
Poetry of music: Hallelujah!
You’ve wondered, and I have too, how in the world our Trappist brothers get things done when they have a vow of silence. (Pretty sure they get more of the important internal work done, without all that talking. Spirit within, you know.) Perhaps you’ve seen this before, but you get the idea. I especially like…