What the World Needs Now
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise - with the occasion. As our case is new, so we...
Drama is a Choice
Special to Edgelife.netMy lawnmower repairman is an Australian guy who I enjoy for his attitude as much as his skill. One day when I arrived at his shop after closing time, I apologized for...
Is the Bible True?
Did Moses really part the Red Sea with a pass of his staff? Did Jesus say and do all the things attributed to him in the sacred texts? How can the gospels be accurate...
Why Peacocks Honk
One morning a pair of peacocks showed up at our back door. We have no idea where they came from. We just figure they were roaming the neighborhood and God gave them our address....
Then what will you do?
A friend recently informed me, "On the day you die you will have e-mail in your in box.... Then what will you do?" Hmmmm.... If your happiness hangs on getting it all done, this...
Remembering our reason for being
In my September column, I wrote that we are the ones we've been waiting for. We are living with all kinds of chaos spinning around us - seemingly through us - but each of...
Don’t You Feel like a Rolling Stone?
How does it feel How does it feel To be without a home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? - Bob Dylan Our fellow brothers and sisters of the South, who have endured unexpected and unprecedented...
We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For
I've heard that now is the time we have have been waiting for, and that the ones we been waiting for have been ourselves. Nothing can be more true - for all of us....
The Last Word:: from the Editor
Walk carefully through the mist, ever mindful of snake holes and tree limbs that come to life, and climb up to the overlook. From here, where the sun shines directly overhead, you can scan...
What the world needs now…
I venture to guess that few of us actually bother to make resolutions or New Years wishes anymore. Perhaps it's gone the way of that song no one really knows the words to, "Auld...
It’s Who You Are, Not What
New Age is an intention. It is a way of being. There is no right religion or wrong spiritual practice, because under the umbrella of All That Is, each seeker of a deeper connection...
An Interview with God
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."...
State of mind and state of heart
"There is no great genius without a mixture of madness." -- Aristotle
Ron Howard's touching film, A Beautiful Mind, adapted from Sylvia Nasar's book of the same name, left more than a few moviegoers feeling...
Learn or Remember? The Key is Your Choice to Be
One day, some time ago, while on a walk through the woods with some friends, I fell behind the group and found myself alone. Beams of sunlight filtered in through the treetops. It was...
