Soweto, and hope
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 Posted in Spirituality | 4 Comments »I'm in Maryland visiting a friend. In Silver Spring, there's a film festival in progress called "Silverdocs," devoted to documentaries. At a large outdoor screen in a park last night, a retrospective on the Soweto uprising in South Africa ...
The Holy Grail: still missing the point
Saturday, June 10th, 2006 Posted in Books, Movies / TV / Stage, Spirituality | 3 Comments »I'm writing my reflection on The Da Vinci Code. As I write, what strikes me most is that Brown's interpretation of the Grail comes so close in some ways, yet still misses the point completely! The Grail legend is a wonderful ...
Belief vs. Trust (again!)
Friday, June 2nd, 2006 Posted in Mind, Quick Thoughts, Spirituality | 5 Comments »Beliefs are how the ego insulates itself against the potentially threatening activity of the Spirit: they give it a handle to allow it to believe it is open to God. Trust is how the heart truly opens the soul to the ...