Wandering through a Macy’s a few Christmas-times ago, I was surprised to see signs and buttons asking me to “Believe.” What was I supposed to believe, and why?
Read More »Pilgrims and Thanksgivings
This year is thus the 400th anniversary of what became heralded as the First Thanksgiving.
Read More »Grids, Circles, and Our Places of Worship
For those who have eyes to see grids and patterns, they resonate with esoteric spiritual implications
Read More »The Value of Edges in Nature, Cultures, and Faiths
Carson reminds us that our current knowledge of the edge of the sea is but a boundary, a window “for looking out upon the limitless spaces of the unknown” (page 154).
Read More »Hunting Season
I do not like the sport of hunting. Sure, for those who need to shoot their guns to put food on the table, hunting is an activity to which I, as an omnivore, cannot object.
Read More »Spiritual Abuse in Sunday School
That Sunday morning, I walked away from those instructions; I did not want to participate in Sunday School spiritual abuse
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