Category: Perspective

Why Bother? No, Really?

After a sleepless night and an overwhelmed, distracted day, I kept coming back to the question – why bother? Why ...

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What if… (dare we ask?)

These questions have been haunting me for the past few days…with the sort of resonance that tells me they are ...

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Affirming the Place of Life

Last night was a rough one. One of the roughest in a while. Fears for the country and the planet…personal ...

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What To Do During the 11th Hour

I’ve been circling around this topic for months?…years?….decades?…and finally I think it’s time to square my shoulders and confront it, crazy ...

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Prey, Predator, Witness, or Actor?

Over the past few days, I’ve been contemplating a memory from a very dark time, when I was nevertheless being ...

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The Divinity of the Speck

By Phila Hoopes A few months ago, in a storm of grief over the way the world is going, I ...

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Taking Refuge

By Phila Hoopes Along with just about everyone else I know, I have been moving through various stages of depression, ...

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