Ingrid OliphantJun 25, 20141 min readToday’s PonderingWhy is it that we’re okay with the notion of an immaculate conception in terms of a human birth but not in terms of the birth of all...
Ingrid OliphantJun 24, 20141 min readRumi’s The Self We ShareThe Self We Share Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter with bread. The cave wants nothing to do with the sun. This is dumb, the...
Ingrid OliphantJun 24, 20143 min readAuthenticity (or Being Sold the Notion that You’re Not Real Enough)Most authentic self? As, of course, opposed to one’s least authentic self? Inorganic, perhaps? Are you being it? You? You’re NOT?! Of...
Ingrid OliphantJun 11, 20145 min readSelective CompassionCarol Guzy, 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, recently shared this with the Washington Post Magazine: “Someone once told me...
Ingrid OliphantMay 17, 20148 min readI Don’t Recommend Anyone Else Make Themselves Homeless But…“How do you handle the feeling that you’re in a line of work (or life) that is not the one you’re meant to be in, but have absolutely no...
Ingrid OliphantMay 16, 20145 min readWhat I Learned from Match.comI recently ended my last, not-quite-most-expensive social experiment. Me and Match. Now, let me say first, that I don’t have anything...
Ingrid OliphantMay 15, 20142 min readEnlightenment and PornSeriously. I had this thought when I saw, there in the ice cream section at the local grocery store. Sitting beside the Skinny Cow ice...
Ingrid OliphantApr 27, 20147 min readJesus, Lazarus, Zombies and I“Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be....
Ingrid OliphantApr 10, 20145 min readBirthdays and Suicides“Your staying alive means so much more than you really know or that anyone is aware of at this moment.” ~ Jennifer Michael Hecht...