A Failure to Thrive ... marriage in the 21st century

Waiting for my flight I check my email, “Tina, Duane and I need to come in to see you ASAP.  I found out he has been communicating with another woman and has had drinks with her a couple of times.  I suspect more …” Read More...

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Tools for a Deeply Connected Relationship

When two people commit to each other they do so believing their love is strong and want it to grow even stronger over time.  My dad used to call marriage a Mutual Admiration Society Read More...

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Need more joy? Take 5

Failure to take pleasure in the good things in life dishonors the gifts or accomplishments that deserve appreciation. It also dishonors your desire to know joy.
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Next Couple's Intimacy Retreat ........................ Sept 22-25, 2011 at the beautiful Pan Pacific Hotel, Seattle

September 22-25, 2011 at the Pan Pacific Hotel on South Lake Union, Seattle
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The Holy Erotic

I am sitting on the deck at my temporary Santa Barbara writer's retreat. The sun dances on my eyelids and fills my soul with warm light. Read More...

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Your Body ... the incarnation of you

I have this picture on my screen saver
right now - it speaks of joy, of the
celebration of life, of silliness, of the love of a grandfather for his grandson and of a little boy who adored his "Grand-poop". Read More...

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Ruah ... is now

I was reading the book Holy Eros by Whitehead and Whitehead the other day and came across the line: "Scholars today - social scientists as well as theologians - suggest that our hunger for contact with the foundational source of significance is part of what it means to be human." Read More...

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I hope you dance ...

I stood holding my daugther's hand tears streaming down my face and hers.
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What is the story ... of your life ... of you?

A day bits and pieces - parts of a story ...
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In Its Time...

A while back while re-reading Gayle Brandeis’ book “Fruitflesh” I was reminded again of the luscious sensual wisdom of our bodies. Read More...

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Relative Gratefulness

It's Spring Break and for the university academic that means time to catch your breath, finally get something done or both. This spring break for me, it is both. Read More...

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Delight and Attention ... Communion and Prayer

"Except for paying attention, what else is continual prayer?"

This is the last line of a poem by Samuel Green that speaks of the acuity of our attention in times of mourning. Read More...

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