by Drew Dickens | Aug 11, 2020 | Cultural Commentary, Faith and Spirituality, Spirituality in Culture
From My Heart My “heart woobie cushion” from Baylor Heart Plano. I adore asking people how I can pray for them. I am horrible at asking people to pray for me. Ergo, very few knew I have been in cardiac ICU for the last ten days. Please forgive me. But rather than...
by Drew Dickens | Jun 28, 2018 | Faith and Spirituality, Spirituality in Culture
Kintsugi…embracing damage. Not too long ago, at my favorite new coffee shop, I was sitting across from a couple engaged in a rather animated conversation when one of them dropped their black ceramic coffee mug. Dunn Bros coffee mugs are sturdy vessels that feel...
by Drew Dickens | Sep 16, 2017 | Cultural Commentary, Faith and Spirituality, Spirituality in Culture
Burning Man: Possessing Other Eyes The only true voyage of discovery, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another.” – Marcel Proust (Remembrance of Things Past) I have been asked three...
by Drew Dickens | Sep 5, 2017 | Cultural Commentary, Faith and Spirituality, Faith and Technology, Religion and Media, Spirituality in Culture
My Burning Question For Burning Man…Why? Burning Man is an annual gathering of 75,000 people from around the world that takes place at Black Rock City—a temporary city erected in the barren northern Nevada desert. Burning Man is not a festival. Burning Man is a...
by Drew Dickens | Feb 18, 2017 | Cultural Commentary, Faith and Spirituality, Faith and Technology, Religion and Media, Spirituality in Culture
Diet Porn I Will Take a Diet Coke With My Porn. DISCLAIMER: This was not my original thought. A dear friend of mine wrote this and I thought it must be shared. He asked I not share his name but he knows who he is. And I am grateful he allowed me to pass his thoughts...
by Drew Dickens | Oct 26, 2016 | Cultural Commentary, Faith and Spirituality, Spirituality in Culture
Me & Ahmad: My Muslim Uber Driver Only in Manhattan morning rush hour can you find a way to squeeze two lanes into three. The steady cold rain and construction in front of our hidden boutique hotel only added to the misery. I scanned the license plates as they...