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Love Beyond Hate: Timely Old Wisdom for the New Year - How Menninger Thought Love Heals Minds, Families, Churches, and Societies
“Love cures people—both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” — Karl Menninger This morning this truth jumped out from an old psychological guru. I was cleaning out books for the new year—pulling volumes from shelves, deciding what to keep, what to pass on, what still spoke and what had grown quiet. In the middle of that small ritual of sorting and letting go, I came across Karl Menninger again. His book Love Against Hate stopped me. I sat down on the floor, ope
Jan 57 min read


Where is the Path You are Following Taking You? Ways of Life That Lead to Flourishing
The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes...
Jun 5, 20256 min read


A "What If Scenario" and My Plan for America's Happiness, Health, and Well-Being
Yes, I saw and read some of the political news yesterday. I am politically independent - still I have plenty of thoughts about what path...
Mar 5, 20258 min read


Healthy Religion: Experiencing the God that Everyone Knows
If your religion requires you to hate someone, you need a new religion . Various attributions Religion and spirituality can impact...
Oct 5, 20245 min read


Mysterious Stuff: Theology of Health, Strange Stories, Unusual Factors, Cancer as a Turning Point and Living Your Values
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious . It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion...
Sep 30, 20248 min read


What's a Symbol of Your Religion?
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, first black woman in congress A...
Mar 30, 20246 min read


Impossibilities
“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and...
Mar 25, 20247 min read


Sensing the Big...Something, A Story
The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It will transcend a personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Energy cannot be...
Sep 29, 20236 min read


Bias Can't Be Outlawed, Now What?
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." James Baldwin, black American writer Our...
Jun 30, 20236 min read


Give Us That TRULY Old-Time Religion
"Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation." Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, American Congregationalist clergyman of the 1800's,...
May 25, 20238 min read


Thin Places, Impossible Things, and Spiritual Breakthroughs
“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said...
Apr 9, 20234 min read
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