It’s better to start with peace. I used to think of peace in terms of universal tranquility. Peace means no more war. Peace is more than the absence of war. Psalm 23 paints a nice picture of peace, “green pastures”, “still waters” and “want for nothing.” Would that our world looked and felt like this…
Category: Spirit
Turn the Boat Around: Managing Energy in a Turbulent World
“Gee Mister, you have to at least try!” This is sort of what my friend Michael said to the tractor driver who he wanted to help save his boat from getting buried in the sand on a choppy day at the beach. I say sort of because he probably didn’t say “gee mister” but, he did plead his case like…
Getting to the Soul of the Matter
Note: As I begin to write about the soul, I want to start by saying that the only thing that qualifies me in this area is that I have a soul. I claim no expertise or authority on the matter—just a desire to open my eyes to the soul within me, so I can open…
If You Wish You Can Make Me Clean
Guest Blog by Deacon Tim Webb Tim is the brother of Solitics Blogger Mike Webb. He is the Deacon at St. Mary’s of Hannah Catholic Church in Kingsley, Michigan. A Homily is one of the oldest forms of preaching on the sacred texts of the Bible. Deacon Tim’s Homily: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time B—…
Welcome to Soulitics: The Journey from Head to Heart
The idea for this site started several months ago as election politics were boiling over along with tempers, patience, and in some cases decency. I started to think about alternatives to the political division that has permeated our society. My intitial idea was to explore the idea of holitics as a play on the word…