Author Archives: Mark

This year will not be remembered primarily for its weather in most parts of the world. That said, 2020 did bring a record-breaking hurricane season and a continuation of worldwide weather extremes that are almost certainly linked to climate change. … Continue reading →

Part IV: A Transmission from the Nebuchadnezzar Far from the frenzied cacophony of talking heads The people are waking up   No longer willing to listen to authority To “experts” Flailing a bit at times Straying into conspiracy But thinking, … Continue reading →

Part III: What Is the (Narrative) Matrix? Turn on any news channel, listen to the radio, or browse any mainstream news website, and you will encounter stories.  Attend school or college, and you will encounter a worldview:  a narrative of … Continue reading →

Part II: Follow the Power What is inequality, really? Most of us feel warm fuzzy feelings when we read proclamations of human equality. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” And yet we inhabit … Continue reading →

Part I:  Reclaim Your Narrative Filter Take a moment with me to examine who and what we are.  We are alive.  We see, touch, hear, smell, taste.  Time passes, second by second.  We have certain skills, certain routines, certain patterns … Continue reading →

Blessed rain On smoldering fires On fields of wheat freshly sown Germinating Reawakening Calling chanterelles from the Earth Blessed rain Reminding us that fires end That droughts end There will always be some new crisis Some new horror Somewhere on … Continue reading →

–Abraham Lincoln, 1858 My last post on our national anxious frenzy provoked a number of strong reactions – mainly from those who felt I was invalidating their personal experiences of anxiety in this time. It was not my intention to … Continue reading →

Ask almost anyone about their experience this year – myself included – and you will hear tales of anxiety – of obsessively washing hands and avoiding social contact, of outrage at those whose COVID habits don’t pass muster, of lamenting … Continue reading →

Toward a More Equal America, Part 8 Where do we go from here? If we remove the blinders and the filters that prevent us from seeing the whole story, if we understand the ethical arguments that change is imperative, how … Continue reading →

Toward a More Equal America, Part 7 In Part 6, I highlighted voices from the Black and transgender communities which are critical of mainstream social justice. These voices point out that social justice activism is rich in demands for emotional … Continue reading →