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Compassion

Posted in Christianity, tagged , , , , , on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »

I listened to a TED Talk about Bringing Compassion Back to Religion by Karen Armstrong. It’s very interesting, thought provoking and very appropriate for this week as we look to Easter.
Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions — Islam, Judaism, Christianity — have been diverted from the moral purpose they share: to foster [...]

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WWJD?

Posted in Ahimsa, Christianity, Energy Independence, Jesus, Peace, President Bush, Satyagraha, Spiritual, forgiveness, mindfulness, monastic, prayer, tagged , , , , on January 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Viewing Roots again in its entirety reminded me once again of the fallacy of our alleged Judeo-Christian roots. From 1619 until sometime in the 19th century before the end of our own Civil War twenty-million Africans were brought to the Americas for slave trade.  Add to that fact the millions of Native American people who [...]

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So unlike your Christ

Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Peace, President Bush, Satyagraha, mindfulness, monastic, mystic, prayer, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.–Gandhi
Earlier in the week I wrote about an archbishop’s decision to withhold a sacramental rite from a politician got me to thinking again about some of the apparent contradictions between the prophetic church and the pathetic church.

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