The anthropomorphization of the universe/reality frequently referred to as “god” is also an atheist. Don’t mourn for me, as I don’t even know I’m dead. The ancients, sensing the first law of thermodynamics, imagined a universe where, my energy, conserved, looked “down” on you to mourn my own passing. True, my life energy is not […]

My canoe drifted lazily down he center of the deserted river. The gentle rocking matched the rhythm of the clockwork-ticking crickets and the alien deep throated belching of the river frogs (if that’s what they really were). An occasional birdsong trilled from the thick forest’s trees that lined the river’s edge and swayed, whispering in […]

If there’s really a God, a being created by us as ants create an ant colony, then can we feel him? Can we have a direct experience of God? Of all things to do on Monday night, I was watching ‘the game.’ And I was really getting into it. Screaming advice at the TV when […]

I love walking through the back streets of Boston in the Summertime. Everyone’s strolling, smiling, sometimes tagging along a plethora of children, or dogs, or, God forbid, both. This cobblestoned street in the North End was deserted and a sweet smell of baking somethings beckoned me into the Bakery at the corner. Bells on the […]

“Do you believe in God?” I looked down through the branches and saw two young men, probably in their early twenties, peering up at me, shading their eyes from the sun. No doubt they were wondering what I was doing up in a tree. Frankly, so was I.  They were, as to be expected, clean […]

At first, when two people begin ‘speaking’ on the internet, something quite curious happens. They often establish a connection, a bond that is often deeper then they would in person. They are completely safe in their anonymity. They are virtually unafraid and have no need to hide. Being that they came here because they wanted […]

Like a fish searching for water… Like a fish swimming around searching for water, I’m realizing that no matter how hard I try or where I look I will never find love. I can’t ‘find’ love, I think, because it’s everywhere, everything, and everyone. I can let love into my life. I can experience love. […]

The rocking motion of the waves lulled me into a dreamy reverie. My drifting sailboat lolled side to side with the crests and troughs. The sun was bright and warm. It seeped through my skin into my bones, my heart, and my spirit. The only sounds were the gentle lapping of the waves, the tapping […]