My friend Richard “Shining Thunder” Francis has been adopted by a llama (and, it seems, a lama). More on that below. Richard is a former JW who has dedicated his life to an extraordinary calling of love and spirituality. He has health problems of various kinds and, among other things, he is blind (Touchingly – to me – he refers to his body as “the donkey.”) None of this has stopped him from writing several books, running a ministry and…
My dear friend (and fellow exJW) Richard Shining Thunder Francis has a radio show called “High Spirits” and I’m sending out a call for people to call in with questions, since questions and calls are the center and theme of the show. Our goal is to present a happy, positive view of spirituality, and to encourage its practical applications. To do this, each week, we will discuss metaphysics, psychology, philosophy, cults and odd beliefs, dogma, history, kabbalism (generic), gnosticism (generic),…
Welcome to the 7th Carnival of Progressive Faith Bloggers! Join us if you would like to participate in future carnivals. Your host next week is Pearlbear’s Blog. Contact Michelle directly with a "Carnival Post" email or submit your blog link and description to ProgFaithCarnival – at – Yahoo.com with "Carnival Link" in the title. I was planning on making this more of a narrative post, but the topics this week were very wide-ranging. The round-up is more concise than descriptive….
I first read the theologian-priest Matthew Fox as a graduate student in philosophical theology and ethics at the University of Iowa. He is perhaps one of the most controversial religious figures of our time. He’s a bit wacky in some ways (see techno-cosmic mass) but I tend to agree with much of what he says. My friend Grateful Bear recently discovered that Fox not only has his own blog, but that it includes a Luther-inspired “95 Theses” on it –…