Spirit

Four perspectives on navigating 2025 as a stranger in a strange land, from George Friedman, G. Michael Hopf, Alasdair Gray, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Some reflections on the winter solstice 2024, the shortest day of the year.

Some thoughts from Marshall McLuhan and others on how to see the future when the past, spread out before us, is all we see.

My brother is flying in tonight for a visit. It’s his way of reclaiming Nine-Eleven. He’s done it several times now.

Mark Twain gave a speech on July 4, 1907 in London on “The Day We Celebrate” where he connects five significant agreements in English and American history that advanced a working consensus on the meaning of freedom.

A power outage triggers some reflections on the value of redundancy and some kind words for those who make repairs on dark and rainy nights.

Happy Holidays 2023: Best Wishes from all of us at SKMurphy for a Joyous Holiday Season and a Successful New Year!

This Thanksgiving, I am reflecting on absent friends. I was able to say goodbye to some; in other cases neither of us realized we would soon be parted.

This blog is the seventeenth I have written about 9-11 14, starting with Lesser Sons of Greater Fathers in 2008. 9-11 at Twenty-Two notes how well we have moved on from the confusion and devastation of the attack on the Twin Towers.

“In Good Soil” is a well-written book on the founding of a new school and new monastery by a monk, Rev. Timothy Horner O.S.B., who was there from the beginning. It’s a story of a different kind of startup, full of insights and humorous observations.

Another “Spirit Sunday” post, this one based on a June 2023 tweet stream by Brent Beshore on aging gracefully and living for others.