Category Archives: Spiritual Life

Rooster and Phoenix

Posted on September 5, 2017 | 5 comments

Celebrating the start of this Lunar New Year with close friends, I discovered something I had intuited for a while – that I was not actually born during the Year of the Dog, as countless take-out Chinese menus had assured me. Their global description of my zodiac sign never quite fit. Having a winter birthday put me on the cusp, and this January, as we welcomed the Year of the Rooster, I finally learned that I myself am a Rooster. I immediately assumed this was good fortune, realizing my Rooster identity at this precise time. I quickly found I was wrong.

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Posted in Faith Journeys, Interfaith Encounter, Personal Development, Spiritual Life

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Stand by This Faith, Rally, March

Posted on December 5, 2016 | Leave a comment

After Election Day, I continued to wear my ‘Love Trumps Hate’ button and also added a safety pin to my lapel for good measure. Beyond politics and personalities, I believe that certain principles generally hold true. On the eve of Thanksgiving, while I was riding an express train home on NYC transit wearing both button and pin, a man and his male friend got on at Penn Station. This man was well-dressed and a little older; he took the seat right next to mine on the subway, so our wretched encounter would be pointedly personal.

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Posted in American Culture, Community Concerns, Current Events, Faith Journeys, Religious Heritage, Spiritual Life

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