A few days ago (May 6, 2012) the New York Times published an article called “The Outsourced Life.” One of the people mentioned in the article is Katherine Ziegler, who describes herself as a “wantologist.” She helps people figure out what they want. For example, by running through a series of questions, Ziegler helped one client figure out that although she thought she wanted a “bigger house,” what she really wanted was more peace in her life. Ziegler counseled that the woman create a room in her …

A few afternoons a week I spend time with children, youth and young adults who live and/or work the busiest downtown train station and transportation hub in Buenos Aires. Hundreds of thousands of people pass through the Retiro station every day. Because of this, many youth and young adults living in situations of poverty come to Retiro to seek out opportunities to make money to live. When I first arrive to Retiro for the afternoon and greet my friends, the first question is almost always the same, “Did you bring …

Some say “One Way”
is no longer viable
in a world where so many
are convinced of their own truth
When images and ideas
are ripped from their context
smeared with something new
and placed along side the others
Do we fail to recognize
the vision we are giving up
just for the sake of us
being able to say that we see something new?
We watch as Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism, Hinduism, and indigenous religions
(with their myriad histories of ancient tribes long since slipped into dvd sleeves)
are melded into a single spiritual practice

My life is simple.  I wake up everyone morning.  I eat breakfast.  I hug my family goodbye and then I go to work.  After what feels like an eternity, I finish my work day and head on to some other familial responsibility.  Eventually, I end up in my bed, tired beyond measure, and fall into the abyss of sleep.
God is in there somewhere I just know it.  One of the blessings of the spiritual exercises is that they cultivate an awareness of God in real time, even in the mundane. …