Morality

Anger and the Beautiful Wholeness of Righteousness

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Jesus reply to the dilemma of whether or not to pay taxes to Caesar is examined through history, psychology, neuroscience, and truth . . . beginning with Psalm 96: “Worship the Lord in holy splendor. . . . He will judge the peoples with equity. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice . . . The Lord will judge the world with righteousness; and the peoples with his truth.”

The golden rule’s six levels of meaning

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Amid happy laughter among friends, equals in the family, the rule of living–Do to others as you want others to do to you–unfolds in three levels, then six levels. A path to ascend to the way Jesus lived the golden rule is full of lessons, including lessons about how not to get overwhelmed by a seeming Mount Everest of idealistic challenge. Relax. Learn. And don’t let philosophical complexity upstage your moral and spiritual intuition! The golden rule is about living the truth in love.

The inclusive brotherhood of man?

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A soldier who had seen enemy soldiers kill her friends could not accept the idea that all humankind are the children of God. Are the teachings of Jesus really applicable in this world?

Immigrants, Muslims, neighbors

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What should we do if it becomes intolerable to stay in our homeland? In recent decades, the increasingly common answer is to emigrate. People have learned that despite the risks and miseries of immigration, support from various sources frequently arrives to enable people to survive and eventually to make a better life. The political crisis … Read more

Kay Lindahl’s The Sacred Art of Listening

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This blog post is one of quotes and comments. With fascinating bits of scientific research results, combined with illustrations by Amy Schnapper that gently lead the mind beyond the verbal realm, Kay Lindahl, founder of The Listening Center, distills the wisdom of long experience of study, practice, and leadership in her The Sacred Art of … Read more