19th Anniversary of 9/11/2001
What an incredible crisis we are experiencing on this 19th anniversary of 9/11/2001 ! The nation and the world are experiencing a perfect storm of covid pandemic; climate collapse; economic…
Optimism in the 2020 Perfect Storm
For the last eight years I have attended an Enneagram group monthly here in Tampa. The Enneagram is a psychological and spiritual system of personality types based on nine types:…
St. Augustine’s “Thou hast made us for thyself.”
In Chapter 18, of Entering Eternity with Ease, I talked about the new age interpretation of St. Augustine’s famous prayer: “Thou hast made us for thyself, and our hearts will…
Thou Hast Made Us for Thyself
In Chapter 18, of Entering Eternity with Ease, I talked about the new age interpretation of St. Augustine’s famous prayer: “Thou hast made us for thyself, and our hearts will never rest…
The Continued Denial of the Seriousness of the Pandemic
Today is August 6, 2020, and the United States has become the epicenter of the Covid-19 Pandemic. We now have 4,728, 239 confirmed cases , and 156, 050 deaths. Another…
Death Is To Life What Time Is To Eternity
When I was trying to qualify for postgraduate studies in Clinical Social Work, I had to take an exam called the MAT’s, or Miller Analogy Tests. It scared the hell…
Kubler-Ross’s five stages of coping with the Pandemic
One of the most useful tools for dealing with the stress and anxiety of the covid-19 pandemic is Kubler-Ross’s five stages of death and dying. As you know, understanding denial,…
What Is Spirituality ?
The Twin Towers Trilogy has a subtitle: A Spirituality for the Age of Terrorism, and Entering Eternity With Ease has a subtitle: A Spirituality For Any Pandemic but what exactly is “spirituality”? We need to clarify what…