The Problem with Interreligious Dialogue

In order to do genuine dialogue of any kind, both parties have make themselves vulnerable. They have to be willing to be shown to be completely wrong.

Letters: Summer 1926

This is another of the books I read in retirement. Apparently, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Boris Pasternak carried on a three-way correspondence in the summer of 1926. And this correspondence has now been made into a book.

Recent Poetry: June 2026

The Roots of Caring

If we could see the truth that’s always there,

We’d all become kind pacifists. We’d care.

We’d need reminders daily. If we’d dare.

The Secret of The Divine Comedy

Many folks who suffer strokes can never read again. Their eyes just won’t focus on a page. That I could read four months out from the stroke is quite a wonderful thing.

My 23 Favorite Films

Such a list is bogus, of course as it’s a moving target, and so much has to be left out. But, basically, if you see all these you’ll know what’s important to me. It’s annotated, so you can just read my opinion if you like, and not necessarily see the movie.

Recent Poetry, May 2026

Septuagint

If we could see things as they be,
No me, no you, no soup, no traction,
The truth is nonduality,
And love’s the only right reaction.

Class

Social class has been one of my main interests in life. It became an interest as soon as I realized it was a big deal in the USA, where it is said not to exist. Wrong!