A Tooth for a Tooth Posted on 10/31/2022 by Michael Gray If I could access memories of other lifetimes, would I recognize possibilities that are slipping by unnoticed in this one? Does George Santayana’s maxim—...
Stories of the Borderlands Posted on 10/04/2022 by Michael Gray Three books I’ve been reading in the past week each invoke, in different ways, the borders that show up in life. Earlier this week,...
Wending Which Way Posted on 09/12/2022 by Michael Gray The two lanes of traffic streaming past each other on roads and interstates seem unrelated to each other, except in the sense that some...
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...