Category: peace

Justice and Iran’s elections

June 16, 2009 | 5 comments

Iran held its presidential elections over the weekend and President Ahmadinejad declared himself the victor, despite protests from his challenger Mousavi who claimed the elections were corrupted by fraud. Whether the elections were corrupted, I cannot say, but the heavy-handed

North Korea’s nuclear bombs

May 27, 2009 | 2 comments

The nuclear race is ratcheting up in North Korea’s part of the world. Evidently, the country detonated a nuclear bomb underground that is as big as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Then they launched two more test missiles, heightening worries

Which wolf are you feeding?

May 22, 2009 | 2 comments

Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between 2 “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret,

Struggles yield benefit

April 8, 2009 | 8 comments

In response to my “Children overmedicated” blog posted last Monday, I received this comment from a teacher, which I thought was very insightful. I’ve been thinking about the “Overmedication of children” blog since I have one building where at one

The real meaning of Christmas

December 24, 2008 | 10 comments

As I was shoveling 4’ of snow off the back deck of our cabin last evening, I had a lot of time to think. Demands on my practice led me to wrestle more with the real meaning of Christmas. As