by Richard Stromer | Oct 11, 2019 | Accceptance, Grief, Music, Resiliance, Spiritual Development, The Mother
“And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, Let It Be, Let It Be.” In the autumn of 1968, Paul McCartney, the author of those lyrics, slipped into a deep depression. The cause of his despair was the...
by Richard Stromer | Aug 30, 2019 | Buddhism, Judaism, Spiritual Development
To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your life depends on it; and when the time comes, to let it go. — Mary Oliver Holding On and Letting Go. Sounds simple enough. After all,...
by Richard Stromer | Jul 26, 2019 | Faith
I recently came upon an article in the Washington Post about an atmospheric scientist named Kathrine Hayhoe. Hayhoe, who is a director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, is also a lead author of the U.S. government’s latest...
by Richard Stromer | Jun 30, 2019 | Happiness, Spiritual Development, Spirituality
“We hold these truths to be self–evident, That all men are created equal, That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” How many of us, I wonder, learned those...
by Richard Stromer | May 24, 2019 | Calling, Hero's Journey, Joseph Campbell, Paul Tillich, Spirituality, Ultimate Concern
I first became interested in the idea of “hearing a call” through the work of the mythologist Joseph Campbell. Probably the most famous aspect of Campbell’s work concerns the archetypal pattern of transformation he named the “Hero’s Journey.” It was this concept,...
