Tag: calm

"Beating the odds" on the Titanic

April 12, 2012 | 9 comments

Here’s a thought-provoking article printed in the New York Times last week, written by an author whose grandfather was a Christian Science practitioner and also a survivor of the Titanic. “As hundreds of men perished…”

Quieting the noise of mortal mind

February 21, 2012 | 5 comments

My wife and I attended the Liberal Arts Swimming Championships at Principia College last week to watch our daughter swim. For some of the races we acted as timers, which put us down in the marshalling area of the pool

Stay out of the storm

February 10, 2012 | 7 comments

I woke up to a quiet calm morning recently and looked forward to a peaceful day in the office with my practice. An hour later, a rancorous windstorm rocked the region with such force and tempest that I couldn’t help

The value of stillness

January 27, 2012 | 4 comments

Below is a link to a well-written article on the value and necessity of stillness in our life.  With the constant noise and rush-rush of fast-paced living and mind-numbing, attention-sucking pull of the Internet, people need stillness and quiet to

How I dealt with noisy neighbors

January 2, 2012 | 11 comments

During a short lecture trip to Roseburg, Oregon, recently, I stayed a night at a Courtyard Marriott up north near the Eugene airport. After I unpacked and ironed my clothes for the lecture the next day, I set up my