The value of knowledge
There was a time when humans believed we lived on a flat earth with sky above us.
Candles and Stories
Our son, Ben, and his partner recently bought his sister a birthday present
Re-narrating our encounters
A Buddhist monk, when asked how he copes with moving through the world,
Astonishment
In her book The Writing Life, American author Annie Dillard asks,
Growth Rings
The Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros has said
Of Greyhounds and Rabbits
There are lots of great storytellers out there. The American pastor and Professor of New Testament and Preaching, Fred Craddock was one of them.
Stories Sisyphus Could Be Telling Himself
“There are worse rocks and worse hills. At least this rock is not that heavy, and this hill is not that steep.”
Wealth
A story from the Hindu tradition:
Once upon a time, a traveling monk reached the outskirts of a village and settled down under a tree for the night.
Stories
We live on stories and the culture is always pushing stories at us.