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Prickly Failure

I am human and there are limits to what I can do. I confess there are a handful of people I don’t want to see; I struggle to be polite when I do see them. For a couple of folks … Continue reading

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The Established Religion Crucified Jesus

The Devil is in the distraction. It matters not what the fundamental issue is; if we focus on the wrong cause, we will take the wrong action. Satan has perverted God’s natural order of Creation so that we take personally … Continue reading

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The Fallacy of Activism

This is a postscript to Institutionalized Cowardice. I apologize in advance for the length, but I hunger and thirst for your freedom from deception. A major element in my enthusiasm for Glennon’s work is that it removed some mental blocks … Continue reading

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Not Worked Up

What did you expect? Just a reminder here: Our virtual parish belongs to a branch of religion broadly referred to as Christian Mysticism. Our brand comes with certain assumptions. When your moral orientation starts with the assumption that mankind is … Continue reading

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Not What It Seems

Just a short reminder that most of the dramatic events making the news are not what they seem. However, I suppose by now you’ve discerned that whatever we are supposed to take as “terrorism” is coming to a theater near … Continue reading

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Heart of Sanity

Privacy is dead. That is, to the degree your sense of identity and personal integrity depends on keeping some part of your flesh and psyche away from the view of others, it’s gone. This is the ultimate failure of Western … Continue reading

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If People Can Talk Out of Their Butts…

It’s typical of Western intellectual processes to get things backward. We have a long, fat record of theologians and teachers insisting that we have to lean more toward a literal rendering of Scripture. This legalistic approach has caused no end … Continue reading

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We Have This Treasure

What we have here is powerful, rich and sweet. Do we need any further excuse to offer it to others? Actually, the thing itself won’t tolerate silence. It would be wholly unjust to keep this divine justice to ourselves. But … Continue reading

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No Plan of Salvation

Sorry, but we don’t offer a neatly prepackaged “Plan of Salvation” for the members of our parish to use in evangelism. We aren’t selling conversion. We are walking in divine justice and letting that speak for itself. If people ask … Continue reading

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Rewired

Just a tidbit for this Sunday: When you discover the heart-mind faculty, it will physically alter your body. On the one hand, this is hardly surprising. If you can wade through all the medical jargon you will discover that the … Continue reading

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