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September 2015

September 18, 2015
While Edward Bouverie Pusey died on the 16th of September in 1882, and that day...
September 17, 2015
This morning after breakfast (chopped up nectarine, Russian yogurt, and granola, washed down with freshly...
September 16, 2015
Riley B. King, the great B. B. King, King of the Blues, was born on...
September 15, 2015
This past Monday the pope met officially with the archbishop of the Evangelical Church of...
September 14, 2015
Confucius Visits a Waterfall James Ishmael Ford rewrites one of Zhuangzi’s Stories for the Children’s...
September 13, 2015
HELLO, I MUST BE GOING A Homily James Ishmael Ford 13 September 2015 Pacific Unitarian...
September 11, 2015
It’s hard for me to believe its been fourteen years. Over the years I’ve written...
September 10, 2015
The wonderful Mary Oliver was born on this day in 1935.
September 09, 2015
As it happens the great Otis Redding was born on this day in 1941.
September 09, 2015
Chiam Topol was born on this day in 1935.
September 08, 2015
If you're in the Los Angeles area and thinking about a church, here's an idea....
September 08, 2015
Ronald Charles McKernan was born on this day in 1945. Better known as Pigpen, he...
September 07, 2015
Our American and Canadian celebration of Labor and the contributions of the labor union movement...
September 06, 2015
I find it hard not to think of the lines of that poem. Of huddled...
September 06, 2015
"A century and a half after its publication, Walden has become such a totem of...
September 05, 2015
It was on this day in 1957 that Jack Kerouac's second novel, and his masterpiece...
September 05, 2015
Last year I noticed the Episcopal Church has a feast day for Gregorio Aglipay, and...
September 04, 2015
I adore my morning cup (sometimes two) of coffee. I love my morning cup (sometimes...
September 03, 2015
It was on this day in 1838, after two unsuccessful attempts, twenty year old Frederick...
September 02, 2015
The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear?...
September 01, 2015
It was on this day in 1902 that Le Voyage dans la Luna was first...

August 2015

August 31, 2015
Way back when he reviewed the Buddhist monk Stephen Batchelor's lovely book "Alone With Others,"...
August 31, 2015
Jerry Ivan Allison was born on this day in 1939. He was the drummer for...
August 30, 2015
I'm working on a book introducing koan introspection. I was considering weaving in a bibliography...
August 29, 2015
Charles Parker, Jr was born on this day in 1920. There are those who say...
August 28, 2015
One of my favorite books is the Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merton. It...
August 27, 2015
The great Alan Senauke sings some ancient truths to us...
August 25, 2015
No, the other one. Elvis Costello was born on this day in 1954.
August 23, 2015
I was scrolling through Wikipedia's timeline for today when I saw Jim Ford was born...
August 22, 2015
“It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...
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