“The walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours …but it is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day.” – Henry David Thoreau Poetic Nature of Walking with Jonathon Stalls Jonathon Stalls spent 242 days walking across the United States in 2010 and has continued to walk alongside thousands of people for thousands of miles. He is an artist, social entrepreneur, advocate for social, economic and racial justice, LGBTQIA+, Creator of Intrinsic Paths, and Founder of Walk2Connect. Jonathon recently finished his studies at the Living …
Author: Swanson
Kitchen Music Society of Sorrow and Delight
Kitchen Music Society of Sorrow and Delight A plucked musical movement, hairpin poetic turns, mythical stories in rough harmonics. Baptize me into this Kitchen Music Society of Sorrow and Delight. No time like a pandemic to establish a new society. Perhaps by the end of this, you’ll join the membership. Recently, I uncovered a faded list of songs I had written years ago. Songs that I want played at my wake. Songs that speak to my body while I breathe and my hope that they’ll speak to my dearest after I’ve exhaled my last breath. I can picture beers cracked …
Building Character that Bends Towards Mystery with Christian Miller
“Christian Miller teaches us that the road to virtue lies in humility about our own virtue and an acceptance that others are struggling with their flaws. This is a very valuable book at a moment when our society could use a dose of openness and a sense of forgiveness.” E.J. Dionne Jr., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture, Georgetown University Christian B. Miller, is a philosophy professor at Wake Forest University, where his primary research in contemporary ethics and philosophy of religion. A guest made to order for Contemplify. We talk about …