I was brought up during the late fifties and early sixties attending my family’s church, Calvin Presbyterian on Little Creek Road in Norfolk. We lived in a white middle-class neighborhood, and everyone we associated with looked like us. I would resist having to attend...
I’ve been conflicted about the message I want to convey in this month’s column. How do I tackle the most important issues of our time. What is the tone or spirit I want to express that would make some kind of a contribution for readers. My mood ebbs and flows as I...
Veer May 2019 “The 21st century will be a сentury either of total all-embracing crisis or of moral and spiritual healing that will reinvigorate humankind.” – Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union We old-timers at the Naro eagerly await each new...
I’ve recently come across a few popular artists who followed a calling to walk along the Buddhist path. They include the recently departed singer-songwriter-poet Leonard Cohen, known for such beautiful ballads as ‘Suzanne’, ’Hallelujah’, and ‘You Want It Darker’. He...
(shown above: Mammoth tusk hunters in Siberia return with their prize in ‘Genesis 2.0’) As I’ve grown older, along with those around me, I find myself naturally contemplating life and death more than ever. My feelings about the fragility and impermanence...
I’m a confessed cinephile. A lifetime of movie-going has provided me with a world-class education. I’ve been asked to provide very little in return. My training has placed no demands on me requiring disciplined studies or any kind of self-sacrifice; only the...
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