View Article  Our dark side has two sides
We often speak of our "dark side" as the violent, out of control part of us. But there is a quieter, softer part of our shadow side which can diminish us and our world.   more »
View Article  Are you gonna watch me?
“Are You Gonna Watch Me?


I was taking “Lori,” one of our Village kids to her soccer game on Saturday ...   more »
View Article  Wisdom from William Blake
The really important things we SEE is with the heart.   more »
View Article  The seed of God
I am no mystic but I believe in everyday miracles, like the seed of God within us.   more »
View Article  Demonizing Abusive Parents
We have a tendency to demonize parents who have abused their kids. Most are not ogres but only flawed human beings.   more »
View Article  Macbeth and a Walk In the Park
Ashland Oregon, Macbeth and a Walk in the Park   more »
View Article  Restorers of that "Inner fire"
Few things in life more noble than restoring hope to a kid on the verge of giving up   more »
View Article  Up-close and personal with 22 kids
Getting Close To the Kids


Some days I find myself loving the kids so much it’s scary. It’s the kind ...   more »
View Article  The Love Bug Lives, A Parable for Children and Adults
A story about a might little bug that love won't let it die...   more »
View Article  What's Gonna Happen To Me?
Susan Patron wrote a gem of a book ("The Higher Power of Lucky" about a ten-year old) girl who lived.....   more »
View Article  Pupfish and Golden Canyons...Death Valley, CA
Pupfish, Golden Canyons and the Pure Desert Air

Death Valley has an undeserved bad name. In reality, it teems with ...   more »
View Article  Kids and Geezers
Kids and Geezers are drawn to one another because of shared values.   more »
View Article  The Murderer Within
Our busyness can't disguise our reluctance to commit to a cause or go within.   more »
View Article  Kids can heal your soul
“The soul is healed by being with children”


Dostoevsky


I suspect that parents, dealing with their kids being home from ...   more »
View Article  Letter to a "Lost Boy"
Boys lost in the foster care system in this country bear an eerie resemblance to the Lost Boys of Sudan.   more »
View Article  Out of the Mouths of Children
There's something about the innocence of children that touches a place deep within us.   more »
View Article  Blackberry Sunday
Picking blackberries and baking a pie. A rite of summer.   more »
View Article  Pay Attention to Your Tears
Working with these kids I cry a lot    more »
View Article  Farewell to "Old Stinky"
Saying goodbye to our Children's Village dog was both sweet and sad, like life.   more »
View Article  The Boy Who Never Smiled
It wasn't the outbursts of anger that worried me as much as the deep sadness that enveloped him,   more »
View Article  Going Fishing With my Pal, Tony
Taking a little guy fishing is great fun even if you only catch seaweed   more »
View Article  A Child Sleeps
When a child sleeps, God is present.   more »
View Article  Brother ASS
What if we replaced the cult of the body with St.Francis's way of looking at our bodies?   more »
View Article  Weep With Those Who Weep
One of the kindest things we can do for others is to be with them in their grief.   more »
View Article  A Year in the life of a Children's Village Grandpa
Living as an old dude in the midst of a passel of foster kids makes for quite a ride.   more »
View Article  Christmas Thoughts
There are places in the heart we never knew existed until we have loved a child


Someone once said that there are places in the heart that you never even know exist until you ...   more »
View Article  What Are Old People For?
What Are Old Folks For?




I picked up the book at the bookstore the other day and was astonished at ...   more »
View Article  Touching
Not giving our kids a hug may be "inappropriate."   more »
View Article  Raging Against the Night
Never mind chasing that lost youth. Enjoy who we are and the life that was ours.   more »
View Article  How Does One Go About "Eldering?"
Becoming a true Elder Ain't Easy. It takes heart, lots of it.   more »
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