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The Buddha’s Parable of the Raft
The Buddha's Parable of the Raft The Buddha’s Parable of the Raft challenges one to consider the spiritual journey. Specifically, it asks us to be mindful of our present and what we need to journey through this very moment. The parable is a...
Robert Bellah’s Theory of Progressive Forms
Robert Bellah My copy of Michael H. Barnes’ In the Presence of Mystery: An Introduction to Human Religiousness finally arrived from the equally mysterious and always entertaining Amazon Used and New Book Store. Purchasing a used book from an Am...
On Battlefield Kuru
Arjuna and Krishna I am stuck on the Battlefield of Kuru, perilously parked between two warring clans of a royal family in northern India. Rest assured, it’s a poem; in case any of you are wondering what what I’m talking about, or fearing...
Jimmy Carter Leaves Church
“Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God,” writes former President Jimmy Carter in an incredible essay explaining his decision to leave the Southern Baptist Convention, h...
Rick Warren’s Christian-Muslim Partnership
Mucho respect to Rick Warren. Warren recently sounded a call for Christians and Muslims to work together to solve some of our planet’s biggest problems. Sounding such a call is impressive in its own right, but the platform from which he sounded...
The Wandering Womb
This book should be on a shelf in everyone’s library: The Wandering Womb: A Cultural History of Outrageous Beliefs About Women. The author, Lana Thompson, a freelance medical writer based in Boca Raton, Florida, and a specialist in anthropology...
Growing up Westboro
The Uncomfortable Grayness of Life by Nathan Phelps offers a rare and frightening look at Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church, from one who has been inside. This is a must read article. Incidentally, I don’t - and would not - believe in Fre...
