Life lived in and by the Spirit of God is the most exciting and nerve-wracking lifestyle there is. But, living by the law, under static and conservative church dogma, using antiquated 2,000 year old terminology is death by the slow-drip! Predictable and intolerant fundamentalism is a very ailing sacred cow. Continue reading ‘Boring Fundamentalism’
Monthly Archive for December, 2007
It can’t be done! So, why do we continually not only try, but teach others that it’s the goal of Christianity- and many other religions. Law keeping is an Old Testament paradigm that Jesus, who became the Christ, replaced with what He called the “Kingdom of God”. The ego though wants to live and it will constanyly tell us that we can do it. No we cannot! Continue reading ‘Keeping The Law’
Join special speaker Jesse Fernandez for a journey back to the Garden and what it means to live it out in the here and now.
That we WERE before we ARE is somewhat confusing and definitely heretical to most religious denominations. There are so many RULES to follow right here and now that people have little time to think about esoteric aspects of life. Just do what you’re told. Obey the LAWS! And above all, don’t ask questions that would rock the boat and make people think! Stay in a religious comatose mode. Continue reading ‘Memory Lost’
With rare exception (those that die very young), we all get to walk with others through the emotional land mine of a loved ones death. In times of war, fathers bury sons, but in times of peace, sons bury fathers (no gender intended). Either way, the trauma remains. If we’re lucky we come to an understanding early in life that death and dying is to be looked upon primarily as a “transition“. Continue reading ‘On Death and Dying’
A New Year Prayer
Could there be any more important prayer than one which asks that all humanity comes to the realization of what the Cross stands for: not seeking that everyone embraces Christianity (Christian triumphalism), but that everyone comes to the realization that the “cross proves everything” (Crux probat omnia)! Regardless of the religion that one follows, or for that matter, for those who think they have no religious beliefs (atheists), may we see the deeper meaning of why and how Jesus became the Christ. Continue reading ‘A New Year Prayer’