Monthly Archives: March 2020

Angry Buddha

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Austin Gisriel

In my last entry, I called for all of us to be a Buddha in the face of this Chinese flu pandemic, part of which means to accept what we cannot change. Implied in that idea is the notion that … Continue reading →

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Be a Buddha

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Austin Gisriel

The current pandemic may be just the opportunity we so desperately need to sit beneath the Bodhi tree and regain that spirituality with which we were born. Whatever words you use, hymns you sing, scripture you quote, or theology you … Continue reading →

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The Hope of the Summer to Come

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Austin Gisriel

If you’re a baseball fan, Spring Training is one of the grand times of the year, maybe even the grandest. Hope grows in the warm Florida (or Arizona) sun and it becomes easy to construct scenarios by which even your … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dancing Update

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Austin Gisriel

You may remember a post from January titled, “Oh, that dirty dancing from the ’20s,” in which I discussed how 100 years ago, American dance masters were anxious to rid dancing of “vulgar music,” as well as moves such as … Continue reading →

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