Chloe Hawker wrote the stirring poem below about her mother’s, Lisa Hawker, influence on her. The imagery is surprising and ties death to life in a way that gave me hope. Living spiritually is about leaving a mark. “Inheritance” gives a word...
I live in Colorado. I’m not bragging. Just sayin’. 19th Century Denver entrepreneur Frederick Bonfils once crowed, “‘Tis a privilege to live in Colorado.” John Denver called Colorado home, writing lots of cool songs about the mountains. Not many other states can claim...
By Eugene C. Scott My doctor glanced down at my chart. “Did anyone tell you you have type 2 diabetes?” I thought, What? That would be your job. How can that be? Why didn’t you tell me before? If I hadn’t felt so lousy, I would have yelled at him. Instead I mumbled,...
By Eugene C. Scott What do the TV shows “Seinfeld,” “I Love Lucy,” “Cheers,” and “Friends,” all have in common? They are all listed in TV Guide’s 50 most popular shows ever. Also each could be described this way: Seinfeld (#1) is a sitcom about a group of friends...
Today’s guest blogger, Brendan Scott, is my son and the quasi-instigator of this “living spiritually” experiment. He gave me a journal for Christmas and said, “Write spiritual stuff in it.” He is also funny and a fine writer and...
By Eugene C. Scott The following is a fictionalized version of a true story I read in one of the Denver newspapers when I was a boy. He was just an electrician, blue-collar, working class. Other men were teachers, doctors, lawyers, important. Making big decisions in...
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