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Community, identity, and religion
Once the religious leaders had determined to destroy Jesus, and Jesus had determined to protect his followers by demonstrating his spiritual superiority over every intellectual and physical challenge they could bring to bear, the stage was set in Jerusalem. Presenting a list of grievances and …
Finding new frontiers in spiritual experience
For the experiential component of my world religions classes, the first project was to get in touch with “your wonderfulness within.” I made it clear that this is better known as the spirit of God within, and has different names and interpretations in various religions and secular psychologies. For …
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Participating in goodness
A television clip showed convicts from a facility in the San Francisco Bay area. They were working in the rich soil of a field on a hill south of the city, participating in a program of cultivating herbs to sell to local gourmet restaurants. Many of them were learning new gentleness and …
Walking in beauty
“Walking in beauty” is a Navajo phrase that symbolizes a cosmically attuned and responsible way of life. Coping with hardship or gathering in celebration, our fulfillment comes as part of nature, through the arts, with others in society, and in relationship to the divine. At its best, every culture …
Living the truth and the universal family
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