Items tagged self

• The ties that bind

  A teen-aged boy struggles with the many dimensions of what it means to be his brother's keeper as he cares for his mentally handicapped older brother.

• Setting the feet on the pathway

  A parent chooses a unique form of education to help her sons develop a sense of "self."

• Stress

  How to take steps toward healing in community.

• Do not be afraid

  What does it mean to have no fear in the flock of the Shepherd?

• You are here

  Reflections on consciousness.

• More of myself

  Reflection on experiences that flow between the community and the self.

• Jesus Christ, hero

  Breaking through the overuse of the term reveals a less abused meaning.

• A hidden self

  Reading the patterns of childhood in the adults we become.

• Who are you?

  A meditation on the complexity of describing our core selves in various kinds of company.

• Lies and the impeccable word

  What the parable of the rich man and Lazarus can teach us about discerning lies.

• The gift of life

  A moment of near tragedy becomes a moment of grace in the journey toward God.

• Doing monasticism

  On coming face to face with one’s self in a monastery.

• Piles of ideas

  Experiences and conversations converge on questions of keeping.

• E! True Hollywood Stories: Extreme Philosophical Edition

  An exploration of the ideas underlying our starry-eyed obsessions.

• Boomerang

  Exploring life lessons about public image in an episode of Firefly.

• A song in my home

  How making a first home can be a re-discovery of self.

• BE HERE NOW (and later, too)

  Reflecting on a year-long experiment in time off.

• On being a loser at 30

  An older self and a younger self in dialogue about (dis)contentment.

• The mouse that roared

  A sixth grade boy stumbles upon mystique on the middle school stage.