There’s an expression in my part of the world, “gettin’ deep” which literally means the baloney is on overload. Today in a story reported on Huffington Post, John McCain says he’d prefer a Christian president since this nation was founded on Christian principles.
Archive for September, 2007
The old shell game
Posted in Iran, President Bush, military, tagged Iran, Politics, President Bush, Seymour Hersh on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Be sure to read Sy Hersh’s latest on the growing threat of war with Iran. The Bush administration has been ramping up the threat and just last week the Senate gave its tacit approval to an encounter with Iran.
In a series of public statements in recent months, President Bush and members of his Administration have [...]
Happy Birthday Jelaluddin Rumi
Posted in Peace, Rumi, gratitude, tagged contemplative, Gratefulness, Philosophy, Rumi, Spirituality on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today while visiting Brother David’s website that this is the birthday of Jelaluddin Rumi. Rumi was a mystic and I first learned of him a few years ago watching Dr. Wayne Dyer on Public Television.
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as [...]
Mathetes tag
Posted in Christian, Christianity, Mt. Irenaeus, Peace, mindfulness, tagged , contemplative, Franciscan, mathetes award, Philosophy, spiritual direction, Spirituality on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Recently Jeff tagged me for a Mathetes award. I’m honored to be so highly regarded by a fellow blogger. That tagging carries with it some responsibility to tag others too.
Stranger than fiction
Posted in Iran, democracy, military, tagged contemplative, Iraq, Politics on September 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This video from 1992 is very telling. Back then AIPAC did not have the hold on our government and our foreign policy that it enjoys today. A different scenario played out then in Iraq and Kuwait and this very telling piece of video is priceless.
What’s going on..?
Posted in Peace, tagged conscientious objector, Marvin Gaye, Peace, Philosophy on September 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As we ramp up to yet another war. Here is one of my favorite ballads by one of the greatest voices in Motown history. Suppose they gave a war and no one came. Imagine the day when universal health care is fully funded and the Pentagon has to hold bake sales to build bombs. [...]
Merton and morality
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Peace, Senate, Thomas Merton, Trappist, mindfulness, monastic, tagged Ahmadinejad, conscientious objector, contemplative, Franciscan, Iran, Peace, theology, Thomas Merton, Trappist, war on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It sometimes happens that the men who preach most vehemently about evil and the punishment of evil, so that they seem to have practically nothing else on their minds except sin, are really unconcious haters of other men. They think the world does not appreciate them, and this is their way of getting even.–Thomas Merton, [...]
Trapped in the nest?
Posted in Buddhist, Peace, mindfulness, tagged contemplative, Philosophy, Spirituality on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I think that all of us are like eagles who have forgotten that we know how to fly. The teachings are reminding us who we are and what we can do. They help us notice that we’re in a nest with a lot of old food and old diaries, excrement and stale air. From when [...]
