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Besides his books, Bill has written a variety of poems, short stories, opinion pieces, and more.
Religion & Spirit
"Your children are not your children" Kahlil Gibran
United Church of Hinesburg Kahlil Gibran 1883 – 1931, The Prophet And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he… Read More
Policy & Politics
Temptation in the Supreme Court
I have a love-hate relationship with religion. Born of a German-Jewish father and a mother of Dutch background and atheist tradition who married a Morrisville, Vermont Catholic after being widowed… Read More
Religion & Spirit
Homage aux Soeurs
Sister Elizabeth Candon Sister Irene Duchesneau Sister Janice Ryan Photo: Times Argus … Read More
Religion & Spirit
How Men Preserve Their Privilege: Complementarianism
When mankind needs to invent a word like “complementarianism” to provide cover for his belief in the inequality of the sexes, every thinking person of any gender should pay attention.… Read More
Religion & Spirit
United Church of Hinesburg (UCofH.org) Reflection: A Green Spiritual Practice
Sunday, June 27th, 2021 Kate and I teamed up to present and challenge the United Church of Hinesburg membership to extend their spiritual practice beyond the well-being of humanity into… Read More
Policy & Politics
Ethics and Wealth
On Tuesday, the 21st. The Guardian newspaper reported that Jeff Bezos’s wealth increased on the prior day by some $13B. … twice Vermont’s budget. His net worth now is some $189B. Bezos… Read More
Policy & Politics
Brave New World?
The pandemic foreplay we’re muddling through confronts each of us with life-threatening risk and prospective opportunities for renewal. Anyone not rethinking their own life, human life in general, a rationale… Read More
Religion & Spirit
Our Atlanta Family Wedding
We just attended a family wedding in Atlanta. And it was the kind of rare family event that stays with one for a lifetime. Not only a joyous commitment of… Read More
Religion & Spirit
A Different Catholic Church
I’ve been trying to picture the Catholic Church – the Mother Church if you will – as a matriarchy instead of a patriarchy, in which the first pope had been… Read More
Religion & Spirit
Religions of God and of Men
There are three catchment areas for the broken among us: hospitals, public schools, and jails. Healthcare is a third of our state budget, public education another third, and jails cost… Read More
Religion & Spirit
Is Being Rich a Sin?
I grew up in the arms of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morrisville and, although I fell out with the church in my teens, I maintained a deep friendship… Read More
