Wellness begins with “WE”
If that statement, “Wellness begins with WE” feels kitchie, I can understand. To be honest, I have been feeling a bit “overly sentimental” and “nostalgic” this week. But the word “kitchie” has a second meaning as well. The word, “kitchie” is a Scottish term referring...Resurrection Week: Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living.
My blog is late this week. The day that I typically write this blog I was told the horrific news that my dear friend had died. I did not, and frankly do not, have the words to tell you how broken my heart is at this moment. How can I tell you about my confusion? What...The Mystery Will Be Revealed
Ubuntu Practice # 7. Choose Hope Over Optimism. I love to write. This fact is interesting because I did not learn to read or write until after the third grade. To the second grade me reading and writing was a mystery. I believed that this mystery had simply been...Am I Too Much, Or Not Enough?
An Interview with Esther Perel I have a hard time asking for what I need. Actually, let me be more clear, I have a hard time being a person who needs anything. In my 50 years I have loved deeply. But, to be honest, I am not sure I have ever let myself be loved,...Don’t Avert Your Eyes
How Putting Ourselves in the Shoes of Others Prepares Us for True Fellowship. Ubuntu Practice # 3. For the last five days my child has been home with the stomach flu. I am telling you this for two reasons. First, this blog may ramble a bit, so please forgive me....Golf is Life. How the practice of Ubuntu invites us to play.
First, let me begin by saying I don’t give a rat’s behind about the game of golf. Secondly, I want to say I play A LOT of golf these days. And playing golf has (and I am not being dramatic here) saved my life over the past couple of years. Tomorrow...Acknowledging Reality (however painful) We Don’t Have to (actually, we can’t) do it Alone
My mother, Sarah Jane Fletcher age 9. circa 1948 At all times I am reading multiple books. Right now I am moving gently between two prophetic books, Everyday Ubuntu by Mungi Ngomane and The Tears of Things by Fr. Richard Rohr. Last week I interviewed Mungi Ngomane...Podcast with Mungi Ngomane
Here is my recent talk with Mungi Ngomane, author of Everyday Ubuntu!