Are You Listening?

“On the tumble-down farm on the side of the hill lived a rooster called Rickety Rackety because he made a terrible racket from night till noon.”  So writes Jan Wahl… Read More

Noisy, Rude and Reckless

The day after Thanksgiving I invited my neighbor over in the evening for a glass of red wine and some cheese and crackers.  He is a relatively new neighbor who… Read More

Junk or Treasure?

This is the second of a series of articles I am writing that feature the poetry of Shel Silverstein from his books Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in… Read More

The Path of the Tricycle

Several years ago when I was living in Fargo, North Dakota, and frequently walking from home to work, I observed an event that I have never forgotten.  It was a… Read More

The Marshmallow Studies

In a previous article “Are You Grown Up?” I introduced the Four Tasks of growing up.  In this article, I write about the task of undisciplined to disciplined.  As I… Read More

The Truth About Lying

Four-year-old Billy stealthily creeps into the kitchen.  His target: the cookie jar,              beckoning him from a few feet away in the corner on the… Read More

Teaching Spirituality to Children: Part II

In Teaching Spirituality to Children: Part I, we explored the meaning of spirituality and its active expression through ceremony and storytelling.  In this post, we look at prayer, meditation, and… Read More