Holyscapes
Being present to a person, place, or organism, we listen to what they might say about the world, about ourselves, or about God. Perhaps it is with this practice that new names and thus, new worlds might arise. Read more
Being present to a person, place, or organism, we listen to what they might say about the world, about ourselves, or about God. Perhaps it is with this practice that new names and thus, new worlds might arise. Read more
We live in a time of deep religious, racial and political strife. Is religious diversity an asset or a liability in today’s society? Read more
There is nothing that convicts me of the both the naturalness and reality of the resurrection more than watching the cycles of birth, life, death, decay and rebirth that happen each year in the garden that is this earth. Read more
I’m just thinking out loud. Is Pluralism compatible with Secularism? You might be thinking, well, aren’t they pretty much the same? Isn’t a Pluralist society, where each is able to practice the religion of their choosing, the same as a society where there is no official religion? Oxford defines Secularism, from the Latin for ‘world,’ as being that which is not connected with religion, or the separation between church and state. On the other hand, Oxford defines Pluralism as “a condition... Read more
Today on ‘Experience the Sacred: Where Spirit Meets World in Vancouver’ the radio show I host with a few other collaborators, I interviewed three members of the Sikh community who volunteer with Guru Nanak’s Free Kitchen, a weekly soup kitchen that sets up on the corner of Main and Hastings here in the city. What amazes me about the Sikhs is their devotion to selfless service. They put on fundraisers, blood drives, feed the homeless etc. They are also passionate... Read more
Of course God is present to all things, but She cannot be confined to any one of the elements. Read more
I recently did an interview with three Zoroastrians who live here in Vancouver. As I was preparing for the interview, I learned the fascinating history of the death rituals practiced by ancient and some modern Zoroastrian communities. Briefly, Zoroastrians are followers of the teachings of the prophet Zarathustra, or Zoroaster in Greek, who is thought to have lived some time between 1,500 and 650 BCE. They are probably the first monotheistic religions with a great reverence for the elements, especially... Read more
For how can we truly believe in the return of the Beloved Son, if we have never been up early enough to see the return of the start we call sun? Read more
In the end, I agree with both Tippet and Dreher, the future of religion is bright, but we can’t all hold the same candle. Read more
In the beginning, the tree of life emerged as a tiny seedling. Read more
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