One fine day in San Francisco, nearly 35 years ago now, I found myself down on Mission Street, standing in line at the unemployment office.

I’ve been learning about improv for about six years now.

Last year my therapist started asking me at every visit, “You having any fun?”

Brian La Doone is a musher—a sled dog racer—in far northern Canada, which is polar bear country.

Deep play is a form of tending to the spirit. We hope that through Quest, along with online worship, Facebook groups, questformeaning.org and our various other offerings, that the CLF provides a field where we can come together, play and explore.

The innocent mistake that keeps us caught in our own particular style of ignorance, unkindness, and shut-downness is that we are never encouraged to see clearly what is, with gentleness.

Psychologist David Elkind, in his book The Power of Play, identifies several characteristics of play, including…