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Tag: Andrew Bowen

A Time to Dance: Reflections on the Connecticut School Shooting

A Time to Dance: Reflections on the Connecticut School Shooting

Posted on December 15, 2012December 15, 2012 by Andrew Bowen
As a Marine recruit in basic training, we were ingrained with a sense of pride; we would become the latest generation of warriors known for being, as the Marine Corps Hymn states, “the first to ... Read More
Giving Thanks to the Voice of My Awakening

Giving Thanks to the Voice of My Awakening

Posted on November 22, 2012November 21, 2012 by Andrew Bowen
Before meeting Heather, I was a solitary creature, even virtually homeless at one time. I was rarely sociable, preferring the catacombs of my own imagination, the distractions of drugs and alcohol, or... Read More
Samhain: Celebrating Our Ancestors, Harvesting the Hope of New Light

Samhain: Celebrating Our Ancestors, Harvesting the Hope of New Light

Posted on November 1, 2012November 2, 2012 by Andrew Bowen
Samhain, also known as Halloween or All Hallow’s Eve, is one of our society’s most controversial and least understood holy days. Unfortunately, I know this all too well from personal exper... Read More
How Pregnancy Loss Shaped My Spiritual Journey

How Pregnancy Loss Shaped My Spiritual Journey

Posted on October 16, 2012October 15, 2012 by Andrew Bowen
Life is a fluid, something that arrests us with wonder, and yet something we often take for granted. Nowhere is this dynamic more evident than in the moments of birth and death. One event in my life b... Read More
Columbus Day. A Celebration of Exploration and Discovery, or Ideological Conquest?

Columbus Day. A Celebration of Exploration and Discovery, or Ideological Conquest?

Posted on October 9, 2012October 9, 2012 by Andrew Bowen
As much of the United States and other nations in the Western Hemisphere celebrate various forms of Columbus Day (which honors the “New World” voyages of Christopher Columbus), I remember ... Read More
September 11th, 2001. The Day My Hatred was Born.

September 11th, 2001. The Day My Hatred was Born.

Posted on September 11, 2012September 10, 2012 by Andrew Bowen
We will read many perspectives over the next few days about how to honor the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on US soil, and we would do well to read them. Some will call us to unity. O... Read More

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