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My spiritual life has been supported of late by several blogs. Today’s post by James Ishmael Ford is worth pimping. Head on over and check out Monkey Mind: Getting Real With Religion
I’m more than comfortable with traditional religious language: god and soul are at the top of my list of useful terms. I resist those [...]

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Well, I’ve cherry-picked the best part of Paul’s post: Showers of Blessings: La Natividad: Year 2
The most touching part for me happens at St. Paul’s when, through a nice bit of stagecraft, the masked José y Maria are replaced with a flesh-and-blood couple holding a real baby. The switcheroo can’t be seen by the audience [...]

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Today’s headlines: Burmese monks begin fresh protests | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
More than 100 Buddhist monks marched and chanted in Burma today in the first public demonstration since the military junta crushed last month’s anti-government protests, several monks said.

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I’m a sucker for a great line and Peggy Parsons delivers today in A Silly Poor Gospel: Protection
Then I noticed that this God was a pretty crummy wiseguy. He often appeared to blast good people anyway. A God less honorable than the Mob was not a God I wanted. Hence the apostasy.
As always, her whole [...]

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As much as I despise almost everything he has done while in office, credit where credit is due: President Bush Attends Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring the Dalai Lama
I congratulate His Holiness on this recognition. I’m so honored to be here with you, sir. Laura and I join all Americans in offering the people of [...]

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She has no business speaking for Christians. She is a disgrace. I can only pray that she is redeemed through God’s grace and mercy.
I also, by the way, believe Christians everywhere need to speak up and repudiate her recent statements.

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Well, all I can say is, God bless Peggy Parsons: Star-belly Sneeches and modern day cossacks
I don’t like fear-based segregation. I do not often find that it is based in reality. I like to challenge it and look for the good in the other side. That’s my default setting.

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The New York Times has a story about a Baptist church in Georgia adapting to a multicultural world. Having fallen from 600 to 100 members as the demographics of their town changed, the former Clarkston Baptist Church is now the Clarkston International Bible Church and is back up to 300 members.
Mr. Perrin said the impact [...]

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Although she refers to it as A personal Al Chet, Velveteen Rabbi’s prayer/poem contains much that is true for me as well. Here is just a taste:
Forgive me, Source of all being, for the sin I have sinned before you
By allowing my body to be an afterthought too often and too easily;
By not walking, running, [...]

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The New York Times reports Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
Behind the walls of federal prisons nationwide, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were once available to prisoners in chapel libraries.
The chaplains were directed by the Bureau of Prisons to clear the shelves of any [...]

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