Béa GonzalezApr 27, 20175 minThe Ring of CompassionWhat did the world sound like when it came into being, I once asked a class of first graders? Many raised their eyes to the sky as if...
Béa GonzalezApr 13, 20174 minAlchemy and the Three Layered CakeFor many years I was haunted by the notion of the unlived life left behind in my native Spain. It is the curse of the immigrant—to be...
Béa GonzalezApr 7, 20173 minRumpling the SheetsAfter six weeks of hibernation, it takes some serious words artfully arranged to bring me into life again. As always, only poetry will...
Bea GonzalezMar 29, 20173 minJames HollisOver ten years ago, when I formed my first Sophia Discussion Group, it did not take me long to decide what book we should tackle first....
Béa GonzalezMar 22, 20174 minThe Space Between the WordsOnce an elementary school teacher by the name of Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, today Pema Chodron is better known as one of the most...