“All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop” – Kabir, fifteenth century Hindu mystic. All metaphors are imperfect. Our culture, our experience and our scientific knowledge all change, which means that our interpretation has to change as well.
Continue readingIf we follow the chronology of the New Testament mythos, the story of Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness should come now, not at the beginning of Lent
Continue readingMythos – Karen Armstrong and others use the term to highlight the difference between the kind of “Truth” that simply explains the mechanics of the universe, and the kind that helps to point our consciousness beyond the material.
Continue readingSame experience, different metaphor. Thoughts on transcendence and immanence.
Continue readingThose who claim there are many paths to God are wrong. So are those who claim there’s only one.
Continue readingFor those Christians who do not find meaning in the concept of “blood atonement”, the imagery of Easter, and particularly Good Friday, can be problematic.
Continue readingRejoice! God is coming to the Christmas Party.
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