by Mark Beckwith | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
There is an old story about a Maine farmer who gets up before dawn, as he did every day, to walk over to the barn to milk his cows. As he returns to the house, the dawn breaks in full glory — casting its incandescent beauty over the fields and the distant forest. As...
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
God spoke: “Don’t make me come down there!”—or so said the billboard at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, which connects New Jersey to New York City. This quotation can be found on church signs, billboards, and media posts all across the country. The implication is...
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Happomoku is a Japanese word meaning fisheyes. Happomoku was a regular part of practice in the martial art I studied while living in Japan after college. Two people would stand facing one another and look at the other person’s face and at the same time pay attention...
by Mark Beckwith | Aug 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
The mountain commands attention – for miles around. Mount Monadnock is the signature peak in southern New Hampshire. Its craggy top is a magnet for photographers and hikers (for years I was told that it was the second most climbed mountain the world, after Mt....
by Mark Beckwith | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week I participated in a group debate on Zoom sponsored by Braver Angels, a national movement/organization committed to depolarizing America. The debate topic was: “guns make people safer”. I spent my three minutes talking about fear; that we all are afraid –...
by Mark Beckwith | Jul 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
The litany grows longer and more gut churning and heart wrenching by the day: Mass shootings (the Washington Post reports nearly 300 since January 1); Supreme Court decisions that leave millions of people reeling and afraid; Challenges around race and books and...
