Holy Days and Holidaze
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004 Posted in My Life | No Comments »It' s almost bewildering to me that we've made our "sacred" holidays into such secular rushes of madness. The three saints days which have penetrated our cultural calendar--those of Sts. Valentine, Patrick, and Nicholas, have almost lost all memory of ...
3 Book Titles that Made Me Laugh
Saturday, December 18th, 2004 Posted in Humor, My Life | No Comments »* How to be Like Rich DeVos * A Course in Miracles in 5 Minutes * Jesus: the Last of the Pharoahs I kid you not, I saw all of these tonight at B&N and Borders! In other news, last night I saw ...
Eight Haiku for the Nativity
Thursday, December 16th, 2004 Posted in Poetry | No Comments »Thought I might put this on the front page as a post before I restore it into the Poetry section. **Eight Haiku for the Nativity** Igniter of Stars! lies naked, bawling on rough straw God in the manger. Scandal of Ages! The King of Infinity in this ...
Thanks for Sharing!
Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 Posted in My Life | No Comments »Thanks to all of you for sharing so openly and supportively! Darrell--for reminding me that the Creed, as well as all worhip, is poetry. Gnostic Tom--for your extensive work on the Buddha and the Christ. Ann--I definitely feel you. I know about the ...
Polyreligious? Your Turn
Sunday, December 12th, 2004 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »Foxes have holes, birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. Jesus My spiritual life has seen a lot of changes. After my Baptist childhood, I had a "born-again" experience in my ...
Double Triple Celebration!
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004 Posted in My Life | No Comments »Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception for Catholics, the first day of Hanukkah for Jews, and *Rohatsu* (Buddha's Enlightenment) for Buddhists (at least in Japan). I'll probably go to Mass tonight. Wish my Zendo had a service right ...
Double Triple Celebration!
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004 Posted in My Life | No Comments »Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception for Catholics, the first day of Hanukkah for Jews, and *Rohatsu* (Buddha's Enlightenment) for Buddhists (at least in Japan). I'll probably go to Mass tonight. Wish my Zendo had a service right ...
Double Triple Celebration!
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004 Posted in My Life | No Comments »Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception for Catholics, the first day of Hanukkah for Jews, and *Rohatsu* (Buddha's Enlightenment) for Buddhists (at least in Japan). I'll probably go to Mass tonight. Wish my Zendo had a service right ...
Changing Life, Changing Site
Tuesday, December 7th, 2004 Posted in My Life, Site log / Geek, Spirituality | No Comments »I just rewrote and restored three old pages to the site. Buddha, by Karen Armstrong, also her wonderful and brilliant A History of God, and, now, back by popular demand, my old page The Lotus and the Cross: Common ...
Let’s get small
Friday, December 3rd, 2004 Posted in Spirituality | No Comments »I remember when Steve Martin released a comedy album titled "Let's Get Small." It's really just the advice I need. Too often I tend to get caught up in "bigness." My mind fixes on "the big picture," and likes to ...