It is as clear to me as it was to Fred a hundred and fifty years ago: the concept of divinity that the majority of humans share is incorrect and must be adjusted. He said, “God is dead,” and has caused quite a stir when people have taken that line out of the context of […]
Spirituality is a topic I’ve dealt with my entire life. I was brought up Methodist and confirmed Episcopalian, but I never really believed any of it; it all seemed too simple. From the time I could have independent perceptions about the world I questioned what was taught in every philosophy or theology I encountered. There […]
Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is scorned, hated, humiliated, and ridiculed. However, towards the end of the novel, she is loved. Not only does Hester cahnge, but the community changes as well. Both the sin itself, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and the community played key roles in Hester’s development. She began the novel as a Puritan […]
Taoism and T’ai Chi are two of three “lost religions” of China. The other is Confucianism which, though similar to Taoism, is not nearly as related to T’ai Chi. T’ai Chi and Taoism, on the other hand, compliment each other very well. Tao simply means “The Way.” Taoism is a name given to a sequence […]
In the early morning of December fifth, 2002, the state of North Carolina had one of the most fantastic ice storms I have ever seen. Much of my life has been spent in northeastern Pennsylvania, where the autumn is cold and the winters could feel arctic. Even in all my days of blizzards and multiple […]