Yesterday, I read Gibson’s gospel, an article by the Grand Rapids Press Religion Editor about Mel Gibson’s new movie. Frankly, it amazes me why anyone would want to make or watch such a movie. I certainly will not see it. Just reading about it disgusts me. I have a hard time watching the crucifixion scenes […]
I embrace a transcendent spiritual dimension that is beyond this material universe as well as permeating it in a different dimension. I do not disagree that God is an all pervading energy and that in fact all energy is God’s energy. On one level, there is nothing but God. I agree that God is love. […]
While I admit that we can never totally conceive of God with our conscious minds and that God has both impersonal and personal aspects, is it not possible for God to reveal God’s self to us? What if rather than imposing our personal conceptions on God, God imposed God’s personhood on us, and we are […]
Wow! My friend Spence sent me this link. What an eye opener regarding the history of same sex unions in the church dating back centuries. This is what those who oppose gay marriage do not want us to know. They accuse those who support gay marriage as breaking with 3,000 years of history, but this […]
I was just reading a post of “Gay marriage isn’t what it used to be” by Richard Louv when I got a call from my friend Fred Stella, President of the Interfaith Dialogue Association, asking me to tape a radio show with him Friday on the issue of gay marriage. He said that any facts […]
Many seekers who turn to the East come under the influence of the impersonalist school of thought taught by many Indian teachers. I on the other hand am of the personalist school of thought having passed through the impersonal approach previously. Rather than seeking to annihilate the ego/self, I seek to purify the ego/self/spirit soul […]
I am a member of United Communities of Spirit, an interfaith, spiritual community linked on the internet. Last night, I received a post from their forum by a member in New Zealand. I found it quite revealing and disturbing. It’s not that this is all so new and unknown to me, but the way many […]
Love the one you’re with. Steve
With so many terrible things happening all around the world and being bombarded by them constantly through the media, it’s very easy to let them influence us, become depressed and give up hope. Remember though, it’s our choice. We may not be able to immediately change all the things we would like to in this […]
I have been part of the counter cultural movement all my life. For eleven years, I tried to infiltrate mainstream society as a pastor and bring about change from within. I could not adequately hide my agenda and so was rejected by those interested in maintaining the status quo. I am again working as an […]