One More Word? Yes, He is My Son
This afternoon, I walked away from the lunch table at my son’s school and a woman’s voice followed me. “Is that your son?” I held the back of my hand up. Was it rude of me? I didn’t care. Not …
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Don’t Pick Sides When You Pray
Yesterday I wrote about division. I wrote about the Blue Lives and Black Lives, and how both must matter. Both should be loved and supported, in prayer and in action. I favor unity in all cases. I don’t think a …
The Non-Perils of Tolerance
I am an interfaith minister who preaches a doctrine of love, tolerance and peace, and usually my route is an easy one. I believe that all altars, followed in good faith, lead souls Home. I embrace the teachings of the …
Hot/Crazy Matrix: Pop Culture and Souls
I generally don’t write about popular culture because what’s now popular in culture doesn’t resonate with my sensibilities. I’m more interested in the Kingdom of Heaven than which celebrity is getting run over the coals in the tabloids, or who …
Called to be Like Christ, not like Christians
Some may think I’m somehow radical because I embrace all faiths but in truth I embrace my Savior and follow his teachings in my own practice. In other words, as this poster from Zion House of Prayer states: What does …
Notes on Kim Davis: Jesus, Gays, and the New Testament
According to some folks like the now infamous Kentucky Clerk, Kim Davis, homosexuality is a sin and God says so. And supposedly God’s condemnation of homosexuals is permanently enshrined in certain rules set forth in various old books like Exodus, …
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Is Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” Good?
One of my friends, author Natalie G. Owens, sent me a video of a church choir singing Hozier’s “Take Me To Church.” And she said this was the kinda song my church choir would sing . . . and this …
The Great Mystery: Love
The Sufi and Eastern mystics say that the key to realizing God is to empty yourself and they’re right. Once you empty out all the things of this world, the wantings and longings driven by ego and directed at fulfilling …
The Stigma of Connecting Mental Illness and Violence
I’ve been quiet since Friday. The Connecticut tragedy incited a PTSD reactive response, and to keep myself safe, I pretty much shut down my online presence. Everything I read, whether it was pleas for better gun control or essays on …
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Friday Photos: Harnessing Anger and Seeking Comfort
For the first of this week’s Friday Photos, I offer a few words on anger. I wrote this after the Penn State sanctions came down and I felt burned by my anger. So I stopped, and waited and thought about …
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