Incomprehension and shared experience

Posted on January 31, 2008 by stephen t berg / 2 Comments

I’m in LA, away from the cold. Away from the bone cracking temperatures that disallow airplanes to take off because it’s too frigid for the de-icing...

Poverty

The Cold

Posted on January 22, 2008 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

Van Morrison is in my head singing…."gotta make it through January, gotta make it through February," and I pine for summer and the stirring of a...

Beauty/Spirituality

Erato the muse

Posted on January 18, 2008 by stephen t berg / 2 Comments

This morning I was in conversation with my muse. Well she’s not really a muse, but I don’t know how else to describe her. Still, I want to name her ...

Christianity/Peace/Spirituality/Violence

Elie Wiesel and Questions of Faith

Posted on January 17, 2008 by stephen t berg / 2 Comments

Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will loo...