Thin Places

Aug 24, 2017 | Family Law

Thin places are locales where the distance between heaven and earth collapses and we’re able to catch glimpses of the divine, or the transcendent.1 The ancient pagan Celts, and later, Christians, used the term to describe mesmerizing places like the wind-swept isle of...

The Line Dividing Good and Evil

Aug 17, 2017 | Family Law

“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to...

Two Hundred Years of Jane Austen

Aug 10, 2017 | Family Law

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, one of eight children.  She briefly attended school, but this proved too expensive for her father.  So she educated herself in his library instead. It is believed that she received a marriage proposal, yet chose the...

How Nature Affects Us

Aug 3, 2017 | Family Law

Fredrick Law Olmstead designed Central Park, one of the most famous parks in the world, and went on to design city parks all over the U.S.  What he did that was different and significant was that he recognized that people needed nature in order to get along with one...

Black Swan Theory

Jul 6, 2017 | Family Law

The phrase “black swan” was coined when the black swan was presumed not to exist.  The Old World presumption was that all swans must be white because all historical records of swans reported that they had white feathers.  In that context, a black swan was...

Humor Combats Grief

Jun 29, 2017 | Family Law

David Grossman’s novel, A Horse Walks into a Bar is about a standup comic’s rambling and confessional routine in an Israeli comedy club.  The book has won the Man Booker international prize for the year’s best fiction in translation. Set in small Israeli town, the...