Today, I am participating in the Interfaith Fast. Religious leaders from several traditions invite you to join with millions of other Americans participating in interfaith events in your local community on October 7 and 8th, for the breaking of bread, fasting, and breaking our fast together as we covenant together to live out the deepest calling in each of our traditions – the desire for justice and for peace for all people. If you’d like to participate, do so. You…
Once in a while, I receive a non-hostile email from a current Jehovah’s Witness. Why would a Jehovah’s Witness write to me? Well, sometimes just because of a simple desire for a safe place to vent, or because something that I’ve written has resonated, or because they don’t really feel that they have many – or any – other options. There really isn’t anywhere to go – without fear of reprisal – for caring spiritual counsel within the organization. JWs…
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Happy Easter and Mystical Bunny with Eggs Day! Catchin’ up with a few friend-blogs for a semi-random roundup… Richard Shining Thunder has a new radio show in Cincinnati called High Spirits. Listen in at 1530AM WCKY, Cincinnati or online Sat 8-9 PM. I’ll personally vouch for him. He’s one of the good guys. Call in from 8-9 PM EST with spiritual questions and concerns – 877-345-3779. Grateful Bear posts on a Pentacostal scholar who argues for the idea of the…
Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude. There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see. Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known. Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory. The depth and…
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 –…