I went for my annual physical a couple of months ago. Generally that is a non-remarkable event. I’ve been blessed with good health and do my best to exercise, eat right, get enough rest and reduce stress. So it feels really weird today to sit on the other side of two rites of mid-life passage: a breast cancer scare (luckily additional mammograms proved that false); and a bone scan showing that I’m in the early stages of osteoporosis. I mean come on, I’m barely pushing 46! When I watch Sally Field talking about bone loss and Boniva on TV, I don’t think that she’s actually talking … [Read more...]

Since I was a kid, I have been obsessed with the spiritual dimension of human life – who are we?  Why are we here?  What is Divine and how do we find it?  I was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools from grade school through college.  But thanks in large part to the Jesuits who taught me during my four years at Loyola University of New Orleans, my mind opened up to learn about many other spiritual traditions as well. In particular, I’ve found tremendous value in the beliefs and practices of Zen Buddhism.  Not as a replacement “religion” for Catholicism or any … [Read more...]