On a wooden dock On a wooden dock, a floating dance floor, the young couple waltzes unhurriedly. Lovingly, they hold one another against time. How is it, to be so blissfully unmindful of the clamor? Or the urgency Rained down from the traffic that passes them by? On a wooden dock in the shadow of [...]
We all want to be human. It’s the unlikable sticky parts of our humanness, which trouble us. I want to be human. But can the process at least be tidy? (There must be some celestial 800-customer-service-number for this.) There are changes going on in my work and life. And here’s the deal: One. Change is [...]
My last Sabbath Moment was, ostensibly, about Dancing. More to the point, it was about dancing as a metaphor for living from the inside out. Or, living “embodied.” In my reflection I wrote that when Native American medicine men talk to the sick, they usually ask three questions: When was the last time you sang? [...]
In a Guatemalan village I am sitting in Parque Central, in the shadow of Agua (one of Guatemala’s recognized volcanoes), in the middle of Antigua. And I am grateful for the miracle of drugs, after a day with my Periodontist. Medication or no, the park in Antigua is always good for whatever ails me. For [...]
Guatemala Volcano Fuego Long days of travel do not unnerve me as they once did. After 30 years of travel, I should be accustomed to them by now. Last night I arrived in Guatemala (after a four hour layover in Dallas, where I found a pub and the perfect setting to enjoy the US – [...]
“Where’s your blog?” A Sabbath Moment reader’s email implores. “I used to follow your blog. Where did it go?” Short answer? I don’t know. Long answer? I really don’t know. That’s only sort of true. Here’s what I know: I used to blog at blogger.com Now, my blog is here. This is the kind of [...]
On Facebook, I received this note, “Hi Mr Hershey! Friday I graduate from High School and to tell the truth I am terrified of the big world. Do you have any words of wisdom to help get me through this transition in my life.” This is an honest young woman. I am sure I was [...]
We all have one of those days. What am I saying? I don’t know if “we all” do or not. I know that I do. And that’s enough to know. And how unnerved I get when my day –or equilibrium or calm or timetable– is derailed. For some time now, my team and I have [...]
