Men of Service; a poem
by ManWoman I ask for a vision so clear so radiant that it takes our breath away with its grandeur I ask for a vision that heals all men women and children I ask for the courage and commitment to follow this vision supported or unsupported I ask for help from the trees whose roots go deep into the earth mother so we will be unwavering I ask for help from mother bear whose strength is unmatched I ask for help from brother wolverine in...
My Father’s Son; a poem
by James Herlihy Did you know what it was like To face every day as if it were my last; To awaken every morning in certain dread That one or both of you would be gone? Did you ever wonder how it felt To contemplate which of you I needed most, Wanted most, loved most, hated most; To equate life with pain, love with anger, Vision with madness … and to consider suicide, At the cotton-candy-tender age of ten? Did you question my...
The Third Time Through
by Joe Glassman We read the first line on December 10, 2004. We read our last line, and once again the first line on October 30, 2010. This was my third time through. We start at the beginning of Exodus, read one line at a time, and talk about it. The Torah study group has been meeting every Saturday morning from 8 – 9:30 a.m. for almost fifty years. Anyone can say anything. When I started in this group about twenty years ago, I...
An interview with Jun Po
Ancient Bald Eagle / The Zen Guy Interviewed By: mj nelson / rattlesnake mj: Jun Po, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. I have been very excited about this interview since we first started talking about it. It is not every day that the opportunity to interview a “Zen Master” comes along. Jun Po: An old Zen master once replied, “I do not say there is no Zen, just that there are no masters of Zen.” A Zen master is not a...
Characteristics of powerful men
by Steve Norcross When I was a kid, I feared powerful men. Now upon reflection, my fear was based on observations that were real. In the world I grew up in, many men were powerful to the extent that they were dominant if not domineering over members of their families. Their work tended toward the competitive, and their life styles were punctuated by alcohol and a love of high contact sports. Since then, I have come to appreciate power...
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