by SB Rawz | Jan 15, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
Some years ago, Theresa was working at a coffee shop. Among her coworkers was a teenage girl who seemed, understandably, utterly disinterested in us. Or, at least, it was understandable to me until I saw her walking down the street with her fingers entwined with those... by SB Rawz | Jan 8, 2024 | The Deep Dive
On May 31, 2013, I sat to meditate for the first time. I know the date because I had spent weeks in the run-up to sitting preparing to sit by reading a book of short essays on meditation, The Art of Just Sitting. I remember that because I ordered that book, along with... by SB Rawz | Jan 1, 2024 | Our Web of Interconnection
I’d like to suggest a focus for this budding New Year, not because there’s a magic in the clock going from 11:59 on December 31 to 12:00 on January 1, but because any opportunity to pause, reflect, and regroup is one that I welcome, including artificial ones like a... by SB Rawz | Dec 24, 2023 | Satisfying Days
I want to share this with you but I also feel hesitant for fear of adding to our prevailing social messaging that more ingestion is more better. Really, though, our minds are like sieves and we learn more when we slow down and allow for repetition. Still, I ingested... by SB Rawz | Dec 17, 2023 | All Up in It
Mike Childress and I are a networking dream story. Introduced, mysteriously enough, by a woman each of us only met once, our first coffee shop conversation in 2016 went straight from hellos to grief, faith, and growth – topics we’ve returned to again and again,...