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Written by Richard Griffin
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Monday, May 04 2009 16:35 |
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On the elevator at Symphony Hall: Jack: "I thought that was you." Me: "I thought that was you." Fellow passenger: "You were both right."
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My website is now active and online! Feel free to peruse my archive of past columns at your own leisure. They are organized by category and go back as far as the end of 1998. For my most recent thoughts and writings, take a look at my blog. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please send me a message. |
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Selections from Recent Articles |
Twenty-First Century Challenge Thursday, July 22 2010 “Unfortunately, the most effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease today is counseling the caregiver.” This sober conclusion comes from Mary Mittleman, a leading researcher at NYU’s... Read more...
Living Long Thursday, July 15 2010 If you ask for preferences, most people will tell you they want to live as long as possible. Many, however, will add a proviso: only if they do not have to suffer Alzheimer’s or some other... Read more...
Godwits and Wonder Saturday, June 19 2010 “My heart in hiding stirred for a bird.” These words come from Gerard Manley Hopkins, the celebrated Jesuit poet of the 19th century. He was so far ahead of his poetic time, however, that he... Read more...
Movie Remedy Monday, May 24 2010 Forget for a moment, if you can, Big Papi’s fall from batting grace; the balancing act facing David Cameron, the new British prime minister; the pope’s problems with sin and scandal; or the... Read more...
Pope's Troubles Friday, May 14 2010 “It doesn’t make much sense to base your faith on the quality of the management.” That’s the view of a Catholic woman close to me in response to the current crisis in Rome and elsewhere. By... Read more...
Virtues and Vices in Later Life Friday, May 07 2010 Are there virtues and vices characteristic of later life? Even to ask the question can seem terribly old fashioned. It smacks of the 19th century rather than our 21st. But moral theologian... Read more...
Health Care Breakthroughs Wednesday, April 21 2010 This March, the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging held their annual conference., Jim Firman, the CEO of the National Council, asked an audience of some 2,000... Read more...
Grandparents Wednesday, April 07 2010 “New England is the place where grandparents were invented. It was one of the first places on earth where people routinely lived old enough to have a full biblical three score and ten, and then... Read more...
Mystery of Later Life Thursday, March 04 2010 “We are made to persist, to complete the whole tour. That’s how we find out who we are.” These words come from Tobias Wolff’s book, In Pharaoh’s Army, and find an echo in... Read more...
Avatar Saturday, February 20 2010 As of last week, my friend Rachel had already seen the smash hit movie Avatar five times. Once she brought her 85-year-old father. Her fears that he might not like it proved... Read more...
New Year Signs of Hope Monday, December 22 2008 As we enter upon either the last year of the 20th century or the next-to-last (depending on how you count), a new spirit is struggling to break forth among the world’s people. Billions of us are... Read more...
Visiting a Mosque Wednesday, April 23 2008 On the occasion of my first visit ever to a Mosque, two dominant impressions swept over me. First, the strength of the religious piety which I observed during the community prayer and in the talks... Read more...
Dreams and Spirit Sunday, December 09 2007 I was driving across a bridge over Narragansett Bay. The road led high up and gave me a view out over the water. Suddenly, however, and without warning, the roadway came to an end and I was... Read more...
Gay Wedding Friday, October 12 2007 Last Monday I attended the wedding of two gay friends. One of these men I have known for several years, the other only slightly. For both of them I feel affection and wish them happiness in their... Read more...
My Favorite Guru Monday, October 01 2007 “We are the beloved sons and daughters of God.” That was the constant message of my favorite guru, Henri Nouwen.He believed in God’s love for every person and spent his life communicating this... Read more...
Allyn Bradford’s Transformation Friday, August 03 2007 Allyn Bradford, while meditating during a 12-day "vision quest" for deeper spiritual insight, proceeded to talk to a tree. "The tree was quite surprised," he reports, "that I was saying anything to... Read more...
Christmas Birth Monday, December 04 2006 “It’s Christmas time,” writes an old friend in Kalamazoo. “I think of it as a spark of light at the darkest and coldest time of year, at least here where I live. I think of it as a very... Read more...
After Morning Prayers Thursday, November 30 2006 After taking part in morning prayers with a group of friends last Saturday, I talked with one of them over coffee and cake. Though I do not know this man - - a retired banker and current... Read more...
Awe Thursday, November 30 2006 If you are the parent of a college student the way I am, you have become familiar with a special vocabulary used by your daughters or sons and their friends. Even when you overhear only one end of... Read more...
Christmas, Circa 1935 Thursday, November 30 2006 The 1935 Christmas that we see in old magazines and films can seem merely a Norman Rockwell never-never-land, an idealistic presentation of a world that was, in fact, far from ideal. But even in... Read more...
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