What we need most in the U.S. is truth and reconciliation. Maybe that’s what the Nuremberg trials represented for Jews, incomplete as they were.
Injustice Anywhere…
Oppression and injustice are not competitive sports with winners and losers and a need to take sides.
What It Means to Be Human — Sermon, August 6, 2017
Only beings with stories and myths can weave a cultural tapestry, and it’s through that cultural tapestry that we can bind larger groups together.
My Life
My spiritual life takes two interconnected (aren’t they all?) paths. I’ll discuss the Buddhist one, the Unitarian Universalist one, and how they connect.
The Great Perfection
In each moment, we can use our free will to take a non-dual, compassionate view or submit to the karma that tends to pull us toward self-and-other.
Good Grief
Memoirs by Kate Braestrup and Bryan Stevenson come as close as possible, for us earthlings, to putting religious truths, love and grief into words.
Re-Blog: The News Media’s Biggest Bias
Originally posted on Melting-Pot Dharma:
There’s a story about Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004): One morning his students saw him reading the newspaper as he ate breakfast. They chided him: “You tell us, ‘When you eat, eat. When you read, read.’ But now you’re eating and reading.” Seung Sahn looked up from his newspaper…
Let’s Dismantle Supremacy
Greed, mismanagement, and cronyism probably existed before the mutation that resulted in white skin.
The Illusion of Group
As liberal religions seek more honest dialogue about race, they bury themselves deeper into racial and ethnic groupings.
Re-Blog: Walking Buddhas
Originally posted on Peace Paul's Blog:
When we speak of Enlightenment, we often think of the Buddha sitting peacefully under the Bodhi Tree. This Buddha is ubiquitous; found in temples, religious murals, on home altars, and even in pop art. We forget, however, that the Buddha lived most of his life in public teaching,…
Solar Energy — Day 365
…over a year and four weeks, we have prevented the release of 8,250 kilograms of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
A Sad Answer from the Old Country
I came across that passage…as I was looking through resource material without a hint that I’d find a mention of a man I had wondered so much about, my father’s father.
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