October Begins with Oh!

October Begins with Oh!

Artwork the Grafitti Tunnel outside of Paisley Park, taken this weekend. “Oh!” — as in, oh boy. I’m still feeling stunned at the events of September, and I don’t mean that simply on a national political level. September started off like...
3 Spiritual Lessons I Learned from Prince

3 Spiritual Lessons I Learned from Prince

When I first laid ears on Prince, back in the 1980s, I was a rebellious teenager thrilled with the shock value of his music, a thrill that was only enhanced by the fact that my parents disapproved. I would never have expected that Prince would become one of my...
Spiritual Mother: Betty Eadie

Spiritual Mother: Betty Eadie

Above: Author Betty Eadie in the early 1990s, the timeframe when she met Prince. She’s pictured wearing her Native American regalia, which is the dress she wore when she met Prince. Midway through October, my attempt to assimilate Prince’s 57-year...
A Purple Pilgrim’s Progress: Erica Thompson

A Purple Pilgrim’s Progress: Erica Thompson

By day, Erica Thompson works as a features reporter at the Columbus Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio. By night (and weekends, and seemingly every spare moment), Erica labors on her passion project, a book about Prince’s spiritual journey entitled, “Willing to Do the Work:...

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