Archive for October 2016

Healing the unsaid with the dead

[Photo taken in 1973 of Suzette and her father, Steve Martinez, who passed away in 1982.] Lately memories of loved ones, now gone, are tinged with “I wish I told them [fill in the blank].”  Recently, I had the chance. A meditative exercise is designed to heal the unsaid with direct conversation. I tried it […]

To “Won’t Voters”: Spare me your impotent morality

To the “Won’t Voters” who claim conscience and will refrain from voting: Spare me your impotent morality.  On Nov. 9, if the new president horrifies you, it’s on you. I’m voting for Hillary Clinton because she represents reason.  Don’t parrot about her emails. That is nothing compared to Trump’s boasts of sexual assault, stiffing companies […]

Election: Do past screw-ups totally define us?

While an election apology may lead to forgiveness, neither one erases consequences, especially in the digital age when the mistakes of ten, 20, even 40 years ago can be dredged up to fresh outrage.  Redemption is truly the Lord’s, because nobody has a chance in hell with people. The presidential campaign is a criminal kangaroo […]

No Religion: Numbers are growing

“I don’t need religion,” says a growing number of the religiously unaffiliated. Mention the Bible, and a younger generation tunes out. Outdated. Irrelevant. Yet hope, acceptance, forgiveness and finding ways to love the unloveable are the basis of Jesus’s message. But who’s reading that anymore? A recent 2016 survey says that 39% of those polled between […]