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LETTING GO OF HATRED

“The Buddha declares, ‘Enraged with hate, with mind ensnared, humans aim at their own ruin and at the ruin of others.’” (Jack Kornfield, https://jackkornfield.com/nature-hate/ ) Yes, the world is suffering. Armed conflicts are raging in the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine, … Continue reading

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EXPANDING TIME, CULTIVATING HOPE

“The heart of Tao is immortal, The mysterious fertile mother of us all, Of heaven and earth, Of every thing And not-thing  Invisible yet ever-present,  you can use it forever without using it up.” (The Tao Te Ching of Lao … Continue reading

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TRANSFORMING HATE

“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?” (Psalm 42:5) The holidays have come and gone. A new year is upon us. I find myself burdened with an ever present anxiety about the world. Chaos and loss dominate … Continue reading

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LONGING TO BE SEEN

 “… I have now seen the One who sees me…”  (Genesis 16:13) All of us long to be seen. Being seen is relational. It requires another to be the “seer”. When people see us, they actively listen, they hear us. … Continue reading

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EMERGENCE

In the late 1990s, a movement began within Christianity called the “emergent church”. It sought to clarify the core principles of Christianity that lay beyond warring denominational differences. The Emergent Church aimed to be a path toward Christian unity. Emergent … Continue reading

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