We could insist on straight lines, alternative facts, unchanging clarity, and comforting deceit to hold back time and change, and everything else that induces fear and anxiety in the world. … Continue reading August 2022 Touchstones: Ambiguity/Paradox

Our July Touchstones theme is “Circle of Life.” As Chief Black Elk said, “Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.” Yin and yang, these complementary … Continue reading July 2022 Touchstones: Circle of Life

The root of courage is corage, the Old French word for heart (as the seat of emotions). In Middle English, uses included bold corage meaning “brave heart.” As Aristotle said, … Continue reading May 2022 Touchstones: Courage

Theological reflection is an essential process to identify first principles, clarify values, take seriously that which we do not believe, explore those ideas that make us uncomfortable and/or challenge us, … Continue reading April 2022 Touchstones: Theological Reflection

  Life depends on balance. It is the principle of yin and yang. Dark and light, hot and cold, wet and dry. Sometimes balance is easy, like being on a … Continue reading March 2022 Touchstones: Balance

In 1857, Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Thus, a struggle will be required by each generation to renew, repair, … Continue reading February 2022 Touchstones: Power

Renewal is a necessity built into the fabric of life. It is one aspect of the repair of the world. Winter fallowness is a process of renewal giving birth to … Continue reading January 2022 Touchstones: Renewal