Self-Praise
I have spent much of my adult life with a kind of default idea playing like a background tape loop: that I have come up short...
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Poetry for People
Who Don't Read Poetry. Also, Other Stuff.
Chris Spark
"You definitely have something going here: the quick take, unexpected turn-arounds, lots of playfulness... delightful in many instances." —Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate
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Chris Spark
- Apr 14
- 3 min
To A Young Man Depressed Around the Same Age I Was
A friend’s college-age son was depressed and my friend, knowing what I have gone through, asked if I could offer any help. The request...
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Chris Spark
- Feb 2
- 27 min
Spirituality Is for the Birds: Allowing Natural Grace
Some people love babies and some don’t. But babies don’t care. Adults have to teach them that.
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Chris Spark
- Dec 6, 2022
- 54 min
Christ Was No Christian: So Who the Hell Was He?
Jesus can’t be kept inside our convenient containers... He invites us to experience something more than that.
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Chris Spark
- Nov 5, 2022
- 2 min
"My Business is to Create"
I keep a list of things to do. Little and big stuff I want to get done. I’ve also kept an attitude towards that list. It is a sense that...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 34
What we most want is...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 28, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 33
To fulfill your desire...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 31
The most pervasive lies...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 30
Particulars do their job when...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 29
Our greatest power lies...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 28
The alleviation of suffering in the world...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 25
You're either weird or...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 24
To insist on perfection...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 23
Doing right by others...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 22
The idea that something better needs to happen...
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Chris Spark
- Sep 9, 2022
- 1 min
Wholeness in Pieces: Aphorism 21
What everyone really wants in life...
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