January 31, 2007 – 4:15 pm
This horse, this momentous event, this life of grace and courage that was Barbaro, is still with us.
He has to be, because we need him now. To help us heal and to help us carry on without him.
We can make it through by drawing upon the inspiration he gave us. Devising our own individual ways of remembering him will connect us, soothe us and strengthen us.
We [...]
January 29, 2007 – 6:36 pm
Barbaro, the horse that connected a nation and gave balance to our lives, has died.
Our example of hope, courage and acceptance has been taken from us.
I feel as broken as he refused to be, and I pray that we as a fractured people will use our brokenness to connect to one another as he connected us, and to [...]
January 15, 2007 – 3:28 pm
In honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday today, NPR had an interview yesterday with Memphis minister Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles. He’d been with Dr. King when he was shot, having gone to Dr. King’s room at the motel to hurry him along for a dinner invitation at his home.
Rev. Kyles spoke of Dr. King’s last speech delivered [...]
January 1, 2007 – 6:20 pm
At the end of my walk on New Year’s Eve I witnessed something so heartwarming I took it as a sign that my hopes for 2007 would come true.
What was it? A demonstration of compassion visible in a simple everyday event that would have been welcome anytime, but being New Year’s it was prophetic.
Why was it special? My goal for 2007 is [...]
January 1, 2007 – 12:44 pm
During our family’s recent pilgrimage to Iceland to celebrate Christmas, I had every intention of saving the whales. Not full time, of course, because it was the holidays.
It was my daughter’s idea that we go. She thought we’d like to see the beauty of the country that she’d seen flying over last summer. And she said she’d heard it was one of [...]
