Tag Archives: divinity

A Language Problem

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

Wednesday was Ash Wednesday in the Christian Calendar, the beginning of the season of Lent. Lent has traditionally been understood as a time of repentance and conversion of heart. Unfortunately, that focus has at times been a bit off the … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Tuesday, November 27th

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Insecurity may be the root of most of the bad choices people make. Imagine the possibilities if we were to realize that we are fundamentally good and competent! Imagine if we abandoned those religious perspectives that insist humanity is fundamentally … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Friday, October 19th

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

We need to come to understand spiritual traditions other than our own not as competitors, but rather as partners in exploring the vast presence of the Divine – a presence so vast we cannot possible explore it unassisted!

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Daily Teaching for Tuesday, September 25th

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Does your view of God believe that God is distant, removed, watching from afar, perhaps occasionally intervening, and that the world is broken? I invite you to consider that everything, the entire universe including our planet, is not flawed but … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Wednesday, August 23rd

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

When you talk until there is nothing more to say, think until you are out of thoughts, and do until you are too tired to do anything else but sit there, you are finally ready to experience Truth.

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Does the Message Help the Recipient?

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

Every now and then I get an email lauding something like the newest Eucharistic Prayer used in homeless ministry. In fact, I got one the other day, and from what I could gather from the string of emails attached to … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Sunday, June 10th

Posted on June 10, 2012 by

If there is one message to be learned at Pridefest, it’s that there is nothing that can extinguish or defeat love. The small minded bigots of the world don’t understand this truth because they don’t understand what love is – … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Saturday, June 2nd

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

It is one thing to say that we are all bearers of Divinity (which I say quite often) and quite another to say “I am God.” We all have spiritual truths,  insights, and conclusions we have arrived at and we … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Thursday, May 10

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

That which you seek – God, Divinity, the Universe, Transcendence, Krishna, Buddha, Enlightenment, Truth, Peace, Nirvana, whatever name you use – is inside you already. You need only look within to find it.

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Daily Teaching for Thursday, April 5th

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

One of my favorite things to do is to find new ways to express contemporary understandings of God in liturgy. I find that is my understanding of Divinity evolves I am no longer comfortable with some of the traditional language. … Continue reading →

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