Return and Get it
Sankofa – “return and get it” / “learn from the past” Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean proverb There are a number of things that we can learn from the past and language [...]
Throwing Out Material
One of my favorite quotes on writing, about the importance of throwing out material, comes from Annie Dillard’s book, The Writing Life. Here is what Dillard says about arriving at an unexpected [...]
Love Language: The Inter-Spiritual Heart of the Mystics
Mira has offered herself to her Lord. The single lotus will swallow you whole. – From “Mira the Bee” For decades I was conditioned to believe that to engage a mature spiritual life I needed [...]