Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Article Source: On Being
02/09/2023
Stepping out of “the zombie dance” we’re in, and into “good conflict” that is, in fact, life-giving
Amanda Ripley began her life as a journalist covering crime, disaster, and terrorism. Then in 2018, she published a brilliant essay called “Complicating the Narratives,” which she opened by confessing a professional existential crisis.
12/09/2021
How ‘Wintering’ Replenishes
In so many stories and fables that shape us, cold and snow, the closing in of the light — these have deep psychological, as much as physical, reality.
09/09/2021
Forests Are Wired For Wisdom
Suzanne Simard is the forest ecologist who has proven, beyond doubt, that trees communicate with each other — that a forest is a single organism wired for wisdom and care.
06/24/2021
Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows
A new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet has been released in a world in which his voice and vision feel as resonant as ever before.
06/10/2021
Nicholas Christakis: How We’re Wired for Goodness
05/04/2021
Living the Questions
Living the Questions We’ve been enmeshed with our technologies. Tech Shabbat for everyone?
04/08/2021
Bryan Doerries |“You are not alone across time.”
“Remember,” Bryan Doerries likes to say, in both physical and virtual gatherings, “you are not alone in this room, and you are not alone across time.”
03/18/2021
Christine Runyan: What’s Happening in Our Nervous Systems?
The light at the end of the COVID tunnel is tenuously appearing — yet many of us feel as exhausted as at any time in the past year.
02/18/2021
Ariel Burger: Be a Blessing
Krista Tippett’s conversation with Rabbi Ariel Burger, a student of the late, extraordinary Elie Wiesel.
02/04/2021
The Soul in Depression
We’re increasingly attentive to the many faces of depression and anxiety, and we’re fluent in the languages of psychology and medication. But depression is profound spiritual territory; and that is much harder to speak about.
01/16/2021
The Pause: January 16
01/09/2021