Archive for February, 2008

Traffic Woes and Light Derailments

A Drama in Two Acts Act the First: Two PERSONS and a GODBOY in an ele­va­tor. Person 1: The other day I was stuck in traf­fic for nearly two hours. Sheesh! Person 2: Yeah, it’s a real night­mare since the con­struc­tion began. GodBoy: When I’m stuck in traf­fic I like to pray to Jesus! Person 1: I won­der if the plans they have […]

The Value of Hopelessness

In the last few months my med­i­ta­tion prac­tice has deep­ened con­sid­er­ably. In November, dur­ing a day-​​​​long at-​​​​home retreat I decided to stop pin­ing for a prac­tice group here in this lit­tle town I live in, and actu­ally inau­gu­rate one. The result, Sangha, has had mixed atten­dance. Some Sundays I have one or two peo­ple. Some Sundays I have none. (Those are […]