I have always celebrated Christmas. In fact, as a young child it was, hands down, my favourite time of the year. Over the years, in line with the culture in which I was raised, I’ve carried on the traditions that my grandparents and parents modelled. To me, Christmas meant family gatherings for which we made […]
Every year or two I make the pilgrimage to St. John’s Island, South Carolina. I make this journey for several reasons, not the least of which is to visit the ANGEL OAK. St Johns Island is hard enough to find, located south of Charleston in the “low country” (meaning swampy wetlands) along the Atlantic coast. […]
Leading up to the birth of our first child, my wife and I thought a lot about our parenting goals. We realized that we most wanted to be useful guides for our kids, especially on big picture issues. It became clear that first I needed to think more seriously for myself about the timeless questions. […]
I first heard of people receiving white feathers as spiritual messages twelve years ago, and after years of beautiful experiences (which I’m unable to explain with science), I feel I can testify that, yes, we do receive feathers in the most extraordinary circumstances. And, I agree that these feathers are being sent as messages from […]
In the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) culture, it is believed that our intentions influence our power of co-creation. As a child, I was always hearing of the various cultural rules that governed our daily lives but it wasn’t until I became an adult that I started to understand why these rules existed. These seemingly odd rules governed […]
When I say, “Spirituality,” I am not talking about the decision to “believe” in God or not. And clearly, not as some old image of a bearded man sitting on a throne in the sky (an icon skeptics love to disparage). To enhance one’s life, I am talking about connecting and downloading a loving, tangible force […]
