by Drick Boyd | Jul 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
This picture was taken on Saturday, June 23, 2012 in the Cullin Hills, Isle of Skye in Western Scotland and represents the fulfillment of a dream. I am with my family on the Trail of the Fairy Pools, a gentle trail that follows a stream up the mountainside and then...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
For the last six months I have been exploring Integral Theory as articulated by philosopher Ken Wilber. Over the past 20 years Wilber has been attempting to create a framework in which all the major theories of human development, religions, and philosophical...
by Drick Boyd | May 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have long been an advocate for high quality urban public schools and an opponent of PA Republican Tom Corbett’s wholesale slashing of financial support for poor urban school districts like the Chester-Upland and Philadelphia School Districts. The former is facing...
by Drick Boyd | Apr 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Every Easter I read a meditation written by Thomas Merton entitled He is Risen. Here is an excerpt from the book that always seems to move me Christ is the Lord of a history that moves. He not only holds the beginning and the end in his hands. But he is in history...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
The tragic shooting of 17 year old Trayvon Martin has reached all corners of the nation, and has jolted us back to the realities of racism and violence in our country. Were we to use the words “racism” and “violence” in the same sentence 50 years ago, most likely we...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Certain dates such as 1984, Y2K, and 9/11 carry literal and symbolic significance. A less well known but equally significant date is 2042, the year the U.S. Census predicts that white Americans will comprise less than 50% of the U.S. population. Thus, it was...
