Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
To read today’s post please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. Years ago my brother Kevin gave me a print of a painting by Eric Engstrom of Thomas Wilden, a food peddler in solitary prayer at his dinner table. I remember how it moved me. I was at a low point in my life. As I looked at the picture I … Continue reading Backdoor Prayers
The first real job I ever had was as a Seattle Times paper boy. I delivered papers seven days a week to homes on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Working my route, I learned a few things about my neighbors: many were lonely many felt isolated many were without family I learned just showing up made a difference in their … Continue reading What I Learned as a Paper Boy
To read today’s post and hear the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. ***** “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” ~ Eldridge Cleaver In 1968 I read Soul on Ice, by Eldridge Cleaver, a book that, in my college days, would move me like few others. He said, in describing 1968, “The destiny of the entire … Continue reading Mark Pearson Remembers 1968
To read today’s post and hear the recording, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. For Americans, and perhaps many others, it is easy to get swept away by what’s been happening in the news these days. It’s as though a giant tsunami has swept over us. We have endured any number of tsunamis in our history. 1776 1861 1929 1941 … Continue reading Remembering 1968
To read today’s post and hear the recording, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. This post is dedicated to my friend Ray Levias, who in high school gave me some of my first real lessons in friendship. Over the past forty years one of the greatest things I’ve learned has been the preeminent importance of the practice of friendship. It’s … Continue reading The Practice of Friendship