by Infinite Smile | Nov 23, 2008 | Blog
Fascinating piece on the Utah and BYU rivalry from today’s New York Times: As B.Y.U. players navigate the narrow alley onto the field, Utah fans on both sides hurl down insults that are as personal as they are profane. It feels less like an entrance than a perp...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
Last month, Psychology Today printed Jay Dixit’s worthwhile read entitled, The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment. Life unfolds in the present. But so often, we let the present slip away, allowing time to rush past unobserved and unseized, and...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
In my book, I cover several areas of what it means to be a “self” and how our addiction to “self hood” can lead us astray. Recently, I offered up a post dealing with an issue that I frequently run up against as a teacher, one that always sounds...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
Sylvia Boorstein recounts a dinner she attended on the eve of the US presidential election over at Shambhala Sun Space. My sense is that she expresses what many of us may have felt as the election process evolved. “A man sitting across from me, the one person...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
Yesterday, Michael Paulson’s Articles of Faith Blog addressed media coverage of religion during the presidential campaign season: …the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life offer a critical look at how the news media covered the role of religion in this...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 20, 2008 | Blog
Over at the Washington Post’s, On Faith section, John Mark Reynolds makes the point that humility supports our spiritual evolution. He also suggests that we have little control over God’s plan for us: The events that impact a nation are ultimately in...
