Hope Givers by Daisy Rain Martin is not a book you should read- unless you're a human being seeking to find meaning in life - unless you're seeking to scrap together some sense of a healthy perspective on the many travails and ups and downs of life - unless you follow Jesus in some rather unorthodox, non-conventional, humble, really down-to-earth, and utterly outrageous ways - unless you're the sort of person who finds that reading anecdotes and slices of other people's lives and seeing … [Read more...]
The Golden Rule is Bad for Business?
April 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Most all of the world religions share a common teaching to not harm others - "the Silver Rule." "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow: this is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn." - Rabbi Hillel That's one of the many teachings among the world religions that state this in "the negative."Two religions, Christianity and Jainism, state it in the positive teaching to pro-actively do good to others. As Jesus put it, "do unto others as you'd have them do unto y … [Read more...]
Eutychus – the first young victim of organized religion.
April 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
When asked "who is your favorite person in the Bible?"I don’t say Moses – even though at times I’ve felt adrift in life and like I’m floating down a river into the unknown I don’t say Peter – even though I relate to his epic adventures in missing the point I don’t say Paul – even though I relate to his ego, and the unnamed thorn in his side I don’t say Mary – even though my heart sings with elation when I realize how she, a woman, was the first Christian preacher and evangelist of the good … [Read more...]
We’re not “Just Passing Through.”
March 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I recently overheard the following observation about various students at a certain liberal arts college: "What white feminists say: "I am a spiritual entity first and a human body second." (privilege)What women of color experience: "I cannot identify as a spiritual being first, no matter how badly I want to, because society puts limits on my identity based on my skin color and ethnicity." (oppression) I've seen these very insights named and called out several times over the years - in … [Read more...]
We are being PUNKED by Trump.
March 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Having a hard time sleeping at night lately?Has all of the hatred, bigotry, Islamophobia, misogyny, homophobia, anti-immigrant rhetoric that Donald Trump has been spewing and evoking in others been getting you down?Baffled that Trump has now been having his followers raise their right hands in a neo-nazi "Heil Hitler!" fashion?Insomnia can take years off our lives. I have an answer...."..But it could be that we don't need … [Read more...]
The I Love Donald Trump Spirituality Test
February 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Another election year political season is upon us and it's unlike any other I've seen. It's over the top. It's reptilian. Actually, that's not very fair to lizards. The heated rhetoric spewing forth from many of the candidates is vitriolic, bass, crass, and ugly. Those debates have been slug fests of rivaling Lords of the Flies - and they've all but incited the masses to riot. But we can't put all of the blame on those candidates, they're simply saying what many of us think. They're taking the … [Read more...]
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