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Online forums can be fierce battlefields between those aligning themselves with various groups: conservatives, liberals, economists, ecologists, fundamentalists, atheists, globalists and nationalists, just to mention a few.

A few weeks ago, I went to see the IMAX movie, The Great Bear Rainforest.

How do I make sense of my life? Is this all? What can I do about the maelstrom of feelings, ideas, habits, blind spots, and deep connection, which rules my body and mind? What will give me peace? I鈥檓 doing ok, but I鈥檓 not happy in my own skin.

By a comedy of errors, though I鈥檝e been trying to focus on this writing, I鈥檝e failed to get the water turned on for the parched evergreen hedge, and now I鈥檓 locked in the garden while the landline is ringing in the kitchen.

This was the title of a news item: The 26 richest people on earth in 2018 had the same net worth as the poorest half of the world鈥檚 population, some 3.8 billion people.

In university, my major was not Divinity 鈥� in fact, I was probably the furthest thing from a Divinity student you could find. I majored in English, and one of the most enduring lessons I learned was in Economics 100, with Professor Larry.

I鈥檝e struggled for years to maintain a consistent contemplative prayer practice. Oh, I鈥檓 great at starting one. It鈥檚 sustaining it that I find difficult. I last a few days, maybe a week, and then stop.

When people ask me if I meditate I usually either say 鈥淣o鈥� or 鈥淥f course鈥�. Both are true. It鈥檚 a bit confusing because I don鈥檛 sit, but I do meditate. My personal definition of meditation is simply communing with your own spirit.

I鈥檝e been thinking a lot lately about community, and spiritual communities in particular.

In my previous article last Saturday,, I wrote about healthy competition and unhealthy competition.聽The former recognizes the value of each person in terms of what values they can contribute to others and to society.