Author Archives: Bob Patrick

Reposted from May 30, 2024 If we step back and take a look at the sweep of our human history, we may see that we, ourselves, individuals and collective, are living, breathing examples of pluralism. Western theological and philosophical traditions … Continue reading →

Reposted from May 21, 2024 The invitation to take a look at pluralism after our theme of interdependence has me returning again and again to the invitation to open. Pluralism surely causes us to notice differences, but in the process, … Continue reading →

Reposted from May 8, 2024 I am in the grocery store several times a week, usually to pick up those few extra things that we realize we are out of. While I love my food (!), I think I enjoy … Continue reading →

Reposted from April 29, 2024 . . . every breath you take has, at one time or another, been associated with another living organism. Dr. Martin St. Maurice, assistant professor of biological sciences, Marquette University The war of Russian aggression … Continue reading →

Reposted from April 10, 2024 Struck. With news. Of terrible loss. How can this be? Pain, fear, doubt, guilt, shame. Deeply entwined in so many lives. I awoke thinking myself an individual being. Now drawn into a reality larger than … Continue reading →

Reposted from March 26, 2024 A few days ago, I was observing an online classroom. There were a couple of points where the professor was interacting with an individual student.  The student said something that I could tell the professor … Continue reading →

Reposted from March 8, 2024 with addendum Transformation comes out of chaos.  Is this true? I’ve been thinking about it lately. I imagine two different scenarios which inform transformation, whether personally (e.g. health, financial, sense of purpose, search for meaning), … Continue reading →