Words Can Harm or Help Posted on 09/04/2022 by Michael Gray Don’t get me wrong. I love words. Sometimes words feel like the inhalations and exhalations that mark the flowing stream of life. The time...
Putting it Back Together Posted on 08/31/2022 by Michael Gray Recently at an SOS meeting, I was on the edges of an interesting conversation. I don’t want to invoke the details because we promise...
Life’s First Encounters Posted on 08/22/2022 by Michael Gray Last week, my mother would have been 104 years old. “Would have” because she died 32 years ago. I don’t know the exact day...
Appreciation in the Midst of it All Posted on 08/07/2022 by Michael Gray “The real mystery is not somewhere else. It’s right here in what we call reality, or truth, or daily life. It’s in confusion and...
Smaller Portions Posted on 07/22/2022 by Michael Gray I can’t really blame my wife for suggesting that we could do a “bone broth” diet together. She was just proposing a solution to...
Communion in a Grand Cathedral Posted on 06/09/2022 by Michael Gray I realize it’s ludicrous to think that I can explore ‘community’ and “the world” in a blog. But, since a longer treatise wouldn’t be...
I Feel Lost Posted on 05/08/2022 by Michael Gray I know everyone feels lost sometimes. That feeling of being lost seems an understandable consequence of trying to fit into a world that seems...
The Empty Gangplank Posted on 04/26/2022 by Michael Gray I’ve heard that we come into this world alone and will leave it alone. But far more real for me is the network of...
What am I Waiting For? Posted on 04/18/2022 by Michael Gray I was lingering beside the job board, long after the rush of job seekers had moved on. My eyes followed a man sweeping the...
Two Venturings Forth Posted on 04/11/2022 by Michael Gray I’ve just been published in two places: a book I’ve been working on for the past three years (“Winter Came Early; Reflections on Outliving...