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[AUDIO AND TEXT] Last week, we considered the notion of “certainty” as presented in the Oscar-nominated film Conclave. We saw a homily given by a fictional Roman Catholic Cardinal who asserted that holding to certainty is problematic, and that abandoning it can bring us to tolerance and unity. And in our practice, we’re taught thatContinue reading “some thoughts on certainty part 2”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] I’m having cataract surgery in January, near the end of the month. Both eyes, one week apart. I know this is not a complicated procedure, and most everyone my age will undergo that procedure before it’s all said and done. But the thought of having someone poking around my eyes doesn’t giveContinue reading “cataracts and seeing”

[AUDIO AND TEXT] This is going to be really short. Tonight is for sitting, but I’d like us to sit with these thoughts in mind. Recently, the phrase “always becoming” has been echoing in my little brain. It echoes as I drive down the freeway; it clangs about as I’m trying to go to sleepContinue reading “always becoming”