I am in New York City, again, where my mother lives. Someone makes a joke about retirement. “Life begins after…
Category: Philosophy
Signs
A boy hides his face, wrapping his thoughts and feelings in a thin jacket. He peeks out of the folded…
Beyond CNN, Thought Lives
5:00 am, Chicago O’Hare Airport, en route to LaGuardia CNN Headline News blares from the corner of every waiting area.…
Pluralism
Here on Sophia Street, we enjoy the same crazy weather as the rest of Vancouver. Sometimes we look out at…
God is...
My conception of God has slowly migrated from the edges of my consciousness… …and arrived somewhere else. Its migration begins…
Purpose
Once upon a time, Christopher Marley was afraid of insects. But now he realizes that if you kill them, and…
Perception Without Judgment
“Phenomenology” is the study of “phenomena.” In ordinary language, a “phenomenon” is “a happening.” In technical philosophical vocabulary, a “phenomenon”…
Shadows on the Cave Wall
Recently someone I know asked me for some information about myself. I had only a vague general idea about why…
Midrash from the Inside Out
The story of the Beaver Bog is true. It is also an allegory. The meaning of the allegory can best…