Posted in from the path on May 19th, 2009 3 Comments »
There are two big problems at the heart of Christianity, the religion, and both of them contribute to the reluctance and even inability to come to see the kinds of things I mentioned in Pt. 1 (and thanks for the continuing comments and email!).
These two things are related and if you keep them in mind [...]
Posted in from the path on May 1st, 2009 5 Comments »
First, the numbers:
So, what are we to gather from this? The sad message is that the more often one attends religious services and the more Evangelical one is, the more one is in favor of using torture.
It’s that simple and that disturbing.
Where does this kind of thing, this idea that I think hits most people [...]
Posted in from the path on Apr 7th, 2009 3 Comments »
Perhaps it’s because I am involved with a project that has to do with Sustainable Eating and trying to get the small Farmer together with the Family concerned with their food, their planet and their footsteps in this world, I suddenly remembered a poem I read some 40 years ago by the marvelous poet Wendell [...]
Posted in from the path on Apr 6th, 2009 1 Comment »
During this Easter week that proves a focal point for Christians throughout the world, I came home very early yesterday morning from a service and Eucharist centered around Palm Sunday. The presentation was interesting — sort of a reader’s theater in which, within a few minutes, we went from the crowd (played by the congregation) [...]
Posted in from the path on Mar 20th, 2009 6 Comments »
I suppose it’s a small difference, but it makes quite a bit of difference.
Prayers pop out now and then, at least for me, and this morning I found myself saying, “Please be with me today, God…” and, almost at once, I realized the prayer should be from a different angle. “God, may I be with [...]
Posted in from the path on Mar 12th, 2009 8 Comments »
If you haven’t spent time with the ancient Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, a remarkable book which has been translated into English more times than any other book — save the Bible — you’re missing something. You can read the briefest of explanations here. I can promise this — to journey through the book [...]
Posted in from the path on Mar 10th, 2009 4 Comments »
“I thank you, Father, because you have hidden these things from the learned
and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants.”
Jesus
Luke 10:21
One thing I have to say which is and isn’t related to what I wanted to write.
Usually, this kind of quote is illustrated by an image of Jesus and a child. Usually, in the [...]
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Blessings,
Brian Robertson
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