Well, here we go again with religion and politics. Governor Granholm made a remark in a TV interview using the Bible to point out the hypocrisy of cutting services to the poor while giving tax cuts to the rich. Governor’s religion remark rankles GOP lawmakers Of course these Republicans who are so quick to point […]
As I was discussing in my blog Tuesday, there is a call for liberal churches to engage in the political arena. This is reflected in an excellent article Salon.com News | God is not a right-wing zealot that I came across today. It would be good to see the mainstream get off its duff, get […]
Ah, to be oneself, to live true to one’s own nature, to fulfill the purpose we are here for, what greater goal can be attained? However, too many are lured from this path by seductions of power, wealth, fame and grandiose illusions. Baubles of material rewards are dangled before us as temptations to renounce our […]
I am reading Why Your Life Sucks by Alan H. Cohen for the second time, a rarity for me. That tells you how good the book is, not how much my life sucks. He points out how people fear their passions. Rather than letting our passions dictate how we live our lives, we repress them […]
I just read “Putting God Back in Politics” by Jim Wallis. This article appeared in the December 28, 2003 edition of The New York Times. Jim Wallis is editor of Sojourners magazine and the convener of Call to Renewal, a national network of churches working to overcome poverty. He faults the Democrats, esp. the presidential […]
I was reading a list of the top ten movies of 2003 at salon.com a couple of days ago and found Masked and Anonymous in that list. I had never heard of it. It’s a new Bob Dylan movie that came out this summer. I’m a big Bob Dylan fan going back to the mid […]
Finally saw “Return of the King” today. What a great movie. What an enduring theme. It was 1966 in Haight Ashbury that I first read the Ring Trilogy and was thoroughly intrigued by it. It’s remained a part of my personal mythology ever since. This has got to the best movie of the year. I […]
The eternal religion is loving devotional service to God. It doesn’t matter what path you follow. The goal is the same. God is unlimited and therefore there are unlimited ways to attain this goal. Chanting God’s holy names is one way. God has unlimited names and God’s name is the same as God. Constantly living […]
Look. It’s like this. In the beginning, God created the whole universe. I believe it was done through a big bang and that bang was the word of God. The universe expanded, galaxies, stars, planets, life, consciousness, etc. all formed in course of time and evolution played a natural role in this development as did […]
Yeah, it’s the holiday season, and everyone’s expectations are sky rocketing. Get a grip folks. We’re still living in the material world. Things are never going to be perfect here. Be happy for what you have. If you’re able to read this blog, you probably have quite a bit. Sure, we all want life to […]