“Love is bigness” – angel Kyodo williams

“Love is bigness” – angel Kyodo williams

In an  interview with Krista Tippett, angel Kyodo williams talked about love. Rev. williams is an esteemed Zen priest, and the second black woman ever recognized as a teacher in the Japanese Zen lineage. She described the limitations of our culture’s idea of...
Loving the world

Loving the world

One of my PCAs has been telling me stories from “the other side” – the part of America that is black and poor. Another child shot dead. A homeless family staying in drug users’ apartment because it’s what they can find, hoping the teenage children are not learning the...
On loving my enemies

On loving my enemies

Both Buddhism and Christianity suggest love for those I think of as my enemies. Who do I think of as enemies? Much is made of the political divisions in our country at the moment. They are outward signs of inner philosophical differences. I want government policy to...
Love as a pool of water

Love as a pool of water

“I didn’t get much done that day,” said my sister. She was describing a day in which she went to church, paid a visit to her in-laws and drove her brother-in-law for an hour so he could catch his train home. She meant that she didn’t get much crossed off her to do...