Making Worship Meaningful – Part 1 of 2

Last updated on: January 16, 2024 at 1:00 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

Practical Spirituality series While blame and speculation abound, this series seeks to shift the focus toward finding genuine meaning in worship. It can be done. I’ve seen it done. I’ve done it. The enigma of meaningless worship Generation Z, many Millennials, and many older Christians find little of value in worship services. Speculation abounds regarding the reasons. Much of the speculation is blame of other’s lack of faith, or self-serving attitudes toward the basic message of Jesus heard to the... Read more

What if? Can We Change the World?

Last updated on: January 1, 2024 at 11:44 am By Dorian Scott Cole

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It’s that time of year when we set goals … and most fail. Let’s make it happen! This is the most wonderful of all ages in our world to live. We have maximum comfort, maximum utility, maximum agency, and maximum opportunity. Yet there are huge problems that need to be solved. Image: You Can Change teh World, Planeta Wiki by Ron Mader on Flickr. What if each one of us has the ability to make a small change and change... Read more

Little Things with Great Influence

Last updated on: December 28, 2023 at 4:30 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

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Practical Spirituality series I prepare coffee for my wife. I finally got off probation after 50 years of making her coffee in our marriage. She claims that if I wear my shoes to bed, it’s the end of everything. Is it possible that women, as depicted in the Epic of Gilgamesh, have the power to domesticate men and bring about impressive change? The ancient Greek play, Lysistrata, similarly shows the power of women to get their men to stop waging... Read more

Conflict in Palestine

Last updated on: December 18, 2023 at 4:55 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” – Matthew 5:9 I’m a peacemaker at heart. Some of the best precepts are to treat others kindly, stand against the mistreatment of others, and if all else fails, use power. Sometimes you have to sit on someone to keep them from harming others. Creating peace is not a simple task. The conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis exemplifies these. It’s very difficult to write about making peace... Read more

The Perils of Staid Christianity

Last updated on: December 12, 2023 at 12:49 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

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Practical Spirituality series And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 22:37-40 (NASB) What are progressives? “A priority of justice and care for the down-trodden are a recurrent theme in... Read more

Life Interrupted—Living in the In-between

Last updated on: December 2, 2023 at 3:16 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

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Practical Spirituality series My life seems like one continuous interruption. Normal times I look forward to are rare. Singer John Lennon made famous the quote, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” During preparing this post, people interrupted me a dozen times with others’ needs. Life doesn’t wait for me to not be busy, it just keeps happening. Even when the worst or best times are happening, life just continues with the usual interruptions. While... Read more

Are We Doomed?

Last updated on: November 27, 2023 at 2:35 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

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Do we ever learn? Practical Spirituality series. It was depressing. Why are people stuck in old attitudes and unwilling to change? For many decades, I painstakingly slogged through understanding and working with human behavior, from religion to attitude change psychology, to spirituality. I had some nice successes helping individuals and companies change things that were difficult to change. Last year I reached an impasse. I had it all figured out. Most people are simply hopeless. Well, not really. A fellow... Read more

A Season of Giving Thanks, Loving, and Giving

Last updated on: November 21, 2023 at 11:42 am By Dorian Scott Cole

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Whatever shall we do? Practical Spirituality series Each year, we celebrate throughout the holiday season. We give thanks for what we’re given, celebrate God’s love for us in the Good News of goodwill and forgiveness, and give gifts to others. Sometimes we get a white elephant, a burden that we store in a closet, then regift the next year. Often, we have no clue what others need. But most of us want to be part of the celebration, and to... Read more

Emphasis on quality

Last updated on: November 11, 2023 at 1:36 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

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What have you done for me lately? Not you, me. A minor change is coming. I’ve never had much confidence in those who are required to write a certain number of columns weekly. You end up speaking out your …. The Internet and publishing are geared toward: “What have you done for me lately?” I get it. The more you get your product out there, the more featured you will be … or if not, buried in the forgotten past.... Read more

Accentuate the Positive

Last updated on: October 26, 2023 at 3:57 pm By Dorian Scott Cole

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Practical spirituality series What do we believe, and how does this affect us? Every religion, spirituality, and philosophy has different beliefs within it. Some are counterproductive, while others are beneficial. The Apostle Paul said to focus on the positive “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have... Read more

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