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“The kingdom of God is among you.”— Luke 17:21 Over the past few months, people kept telling me, “You really need to read Theo of Golden.” I am envisioning Cashmere as a "Golden" Community. Everything you can imagine is real. One friend mentioned it over coffee. A few weeks later someone else brought it up. Then another. I finally bought the novel, started reading it, and, to be perfectly honest, wondered what everyone was talking about. Nothing dramatic seemed to happen. The

What Kind of People Help a Nation Flourish? “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King Jr. John and I were recently in Claremont for his 60th reunion at Pomona College. By the time people reach their 60th reunion, seems like they’ve lost a lot of the need to impress and readily reveal their challenges, their passions, their concerns, their foibles, and in the process... a lot of wisdom.

“Rather than scoffing at religion…scientists should be studying spiritual practices as a source of ideas and inspiration” — David DeSteno, author of How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion For a long time, many people assumed science and religion lived in different neighborhoods—one dealing in facts, the other in faith. But psychologist David DeSteno, in his thoughtful work How God Works, suggests something surprising: science is discovering that many ancie

“Suddenly some force struck him in the chest and side, making it still harder to breathe, and he fell through the hole and there at the...

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and...

“The fundamental human experience is that of compassion." ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...

"Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in" Poet,...

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus I know it's coming up - Mother's Day, but my mother is dead. Now I am...