You may not feel that we are on the brink of Doomsday, but according to the keepers of the Doomsday Clock (members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Science and Security Board), recent events have brought us terrifyingly closer to global annihilation…
Read MoreI am often amazed by how alien the understanding of wisdom as the fruit of enlightenment is to Christians in the West. And it isn’t just the concept of enlightenment that seems foreign. Translating enlightenment into terms such as “an awakened heart” or “transformed consciousness” does little to change the confused looks.…
Read MoreOne day a spiritual teacher asked his disciples why God made humans. One of them answered almost immediately, “That, teacher, is easy. So we can pray.” After a brief silence, the teacher asked another question: “Why, then did God make angels?” The same young man tried again, “Perhaps so that they also could pray.”…
Read MoreChristians are sometimes suspicious of meditation because they think of it as Buddhist. But, meditation has long had a well established place in Christianity where it is called contemplation. This raises the question of the relationship between meditation and contemplation.…
Read MoreIn spite of the trivializing influence of romantic and sentimental views of love in Western culture, love is the strongest force in the universe. Only love can soften a hard heart. Only love can renew trust after it has been shattered. Only love can inspire acts of genuine self-sacrifice…
Read MoreThis is the first of two blogs I want to offer on love. Today we begin with the place of love in the universe (as astounding as that might sound!) and next month, we move from the cosmic to the personal when we will reflect on love in a human context.
Read MoreOne of the things that most of us who live some distance from the equator come to appreciate is the change of seasons. We may love one or two of them more than others, but we become used to the annual cycle of seasons…
Read MoreI want to talk with you today about how we can nurture awakenings. But let's start with what an awakening is. I would describe it as an expansion of awareness that expresses itself through increased presence. The awareness that you will experience as you begin to awaken will be less clouded by thinking than anything you have previously known...
Read MoreAwakening is an important spiritual metaphor, but it only becomes meaningful if we understand the state of spiritual sleep. And to really understand that, we need to be willing to acknowledge and engage the parts of us that resist awakening, even while other parts may desire it….
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