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Seeing with the Eyes of the Brokenhearted

September 30, 2020

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Seeing through the Eyes of my own Brokenheartedness “Those who do not weep, do not see.” (Victor Hugo, Les Misérables) “The vast majority of people throughout history have been poor, disabled, or oppressed in some way (i.e., “on the bottom”) and would have read history in terms of a need for change, but most of […]

Is Peace Possible?

September 27, 2020

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I’ve been thinking a lot about peace, especially throughout September in light of the International Day of Peace. In a context of such polarization we are a long ways from being at peace in this country. So much of the cause of this and it’s expression is in the public realm. In my 62 years, […]

Immigration, Homosexuality, and Abortion: a biblical and historical perspective

September 25, 2020

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This is a continuation of the previous post called, Hoodwinked & Hijacked. Following are the main three nonessential, fringe issues that Christianity has sold itself out to along with the misinterpreted scriptures that are being used as propaganda. These have always been fringe in the bible, in Jesus’ teachings, and in Christianity; for 2000 years. But […]

Hoodwinked & Hijacked

September 25, 2020

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Sold Out. Souled Out. Hollowed Out. “Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.” – Reinhold Niebuhr. From my perspective, Evangelical Christianity has been sold out to power and politics, or maybe “souled out” is a better term. Hollowed out also comes to mind quite often. […]

Politics of Violence

September 13, 2020

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Is Violence America’s Addiction? Do We Need Our Fix? Can Violence can ever be the Answer? Divide and Conquer has no place in a Democracy. Violence always begets Violence in this world. If an ideology is solid and really meant for the common good, then why would there need to be such division? Divide and […]

OPEN HANDS are an expression of an open mind, open heart, and open will

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I have NO interest in convincing others to think in any certain way. Anything I post is simply something to think about. Everything I post is continually progressing and evolving so expect nothing to be static and all to dynamic. So don’t hold me to it. Just take it or leave it. But…
I AM interested in these three things:
1) That we all think and do what we know down deep is the right thing
2) That we all honor and respect that in others
3) That we all seek to understand more than to be understood.

HISTORY OF THE HEART

“Even the longest, most detailed, and most expressive obituaries always omit the essence of a life: the history of a person’s heart. How many of us wish we had asked more questions of someone we loved, not about what happened and when but about the inner experience of being that person? About hopes and fulfillments, failures and regrets? About moments of despair and moments of meaning?” (Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy)

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(2.0) version is my inner work of systematic deconstruction, deconversion, uprooting, and dredging up a lifetime of deep-seated conditioning, ingrained beliefs, and dogma; discerning trash from treasures and thoughtfully reconstructing a world and life view that reflects the shape of my heart. As I go deeper and beyond, answers fade into questions, certainty into uncertainty, knowing into unknowing.

Discover the truth wherever it may be found.

Refine the truth within through the fire of discernment.

Follow the truth wherever it may take you.

Remember what you already know.

“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” (Rumi)

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” (Rumi) 

“I asked myself, ‘What is the myth you are living?’ and found that I did not know. So… I took it upon myself to get to know my myth, and I regarded this as the task of tasks… I simply had to know what unconscious or preconscious myth was forming me.” (Carl Jung)

“Until you make the unconscious conscious,
it will direct your life,
and you will call it fate.”
(Carl Jung)

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