Today I saw the heart of the sun Myriad colors singing Brilliant dance of billions Each wandering soul touching Singing its own song Casting light into the dawn How far will they go? Every one speaking as its own Yet dancing together as one Light playing across their own way…
Reflections on Worth and Dignity
This sermon was delivered on July 7, 2013 at South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society during our summer of our seven principles. This was the first in a series of worship services centered around the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism. Our first principle is really one of the foundations of our…
Theology of Now
I have been doing a class on Practical Theology and struggling a bit, so am going to come back to this blog to explore some thoughts, ideas and invite reflection in comment. If you read this, and you have thoughts, please, comment. Classical “Theology” is a “discourse on God” so…
Our Circles
I wanted to share this…because I have been ranting in various conversations and classes recently about how our capitalist and small-tribe paradigm, which has served us for literally thousands upon thousands of years is going to kill us all pretty soon. Seems I am not alone: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/zen-thich-naht-hanh-buddhidm-business-values Weeks ago I…
God Doesn’t Want You to Know if You have Cancer
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/01/416278/conservatives-cheer-komen-decision/ This is the kind of moronic mob-mind thinking that happens when you don’t actually read and interpret scripture and your relationship to the divine through a sense of conscience. I like this quote: “Last year, a shipment of pink Bibles were recalled after the publishing house behind them realized…
Illusion of Weakness Sermon
This sermon is a bit out there. I went out on a limb and gave a sermon as a guised archetype…guising is a form of mystical trance where you draw down a character. I wrote and delivered the sermon as Li Tei Quai, a Taoism immortal of Chinese kung-fu legend.…
The 7 UU Principles
I’ve decided to take a deeper look at the 7 Unitarian Universalist principles. As I look back on my life, and my spiritual practice in martial arts, mysticism, as well as my professional life, I have come to realize that I’ve been living these principles whether I identified myself as…