Why is religion so serious? Ultimately, shouldn’t we be having fun? Jesus is usually portrayed as a sorrowful or suffering… Read more Laughing with the Buddha, and Others

With a smart phone at hand, and a powerful search engine, we have banished the anxiety of not knowing. Now… Read more The Deeper Mind

Theology has much to say about the attributes of God, omnipotence, omniscience, love, justice, and so on, but what about… Read more The Face of God

The first step of a spiritual life is recognizing that there exists something larger than myself, something which contains and… Read more Something Larger Than Myself

Communities, large and small, thrive when they are ordered according to helpful, and respected rules. Drive on the right side… Read more The Right Rules

Martin Luther King wasn’t just “Dr. King” he was a seminary-educated, ordained, Christian minister. His vision for black Americans was… Read more The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King

Marshall Rosenberg in his work on non-violent communication, discounts the need to dwell on the past and advises instead to… Read more For Unto Us a Child is Born

In the Christmas story, angels tell Mary, Joseph and later the Shepherds, “Do not be afraid.”  Something wonderful but challenging is… Read more Be Not Afraid

The story of Hanukah tells us that once the temple had been defiled by Antiochus and won back by the… Read more Re-Dedicating the Temple

After weaving together several strands from several sources that form our inherited identity, at last we come to the most… Read more And Then There Was You