religion

BODY: Gene Robinson’s Prayer.

Borrowed from Pastor Dan.

Welcome to Washington! The fun is about to begin, but first, please join me in pausing for a moment, to ask God’s blessing upon our nation and our next president.

O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will…

Bless us with tears – for a world in which over a billion people exist on less than a dollar a day, where young women from many lands are beaten and raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition, malaria, and AIDS.

… Read the rest

BODY: Gene Robinson’s Prayer. Read More »

Body: A Few Thoughts on Abortion for Voting Catholics Like Me.

I’m going to write about this at length, but not today.
This is truly an issue where I believe both major party lines are seriously flawed, although Democrats have made more headway recently then Republicans.

The Democrats often decry the practice of abortion while refusing to legislate on the subject.

… Read the rest

Body: A Few Thoughts on Abortion for Voting Catholics Like Me. Read More »

Body: Compelling Intangibles.

from my journal:

Last Thurs. 10/18… before Mark and I went to see Unkle I hopped from one Barnes and Noble to the next and it was like the past. That moment of darkness when fall has finally fallen thick and dense and dead.

… Read the rest

Body: Compelling Intangibles. Read More »

Body: Today is the Feast of St. Luke.

… Read the rest

Body: Today is the Feast of St. Luke. Read More »

Syncretism.

Meandering thoughts this Thursday morning.

One of the major reasons I ultimately left the Unitarian Church was because its defined search for truth was so unfocused that it didn’t offer me much by way of spiritual nourishment.

That said, looking back at the changes in religion and religious organization over the last millennium, and then considering the present and future, I wonder what changes are ahead.

… Read the rest

Syncretism. Read More »

Body: Driveby on Newton, Evolution, and the Boston Globe.

Sam sent me this Op-Ed from the Boston Globe and this more coherent rebuttal.

Here’s what I contributed to the discussion:

You are 100% correct. And here’s the real irony. Newton would surely have rejected today’s creationism both with and without the benefit of today’s better science.

… Read the rest

Body: Driveby on Newton, Evolution, and the Boston Globe. Read More »