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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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Moral Vision, Religion, and the Transcendent

“What is certain is that, to this point, most of the unquestionably sublime achievements of the human intellect and imagination have arisen in worlds shaped by some vision of transcendent truth.” (David Bentley Hart, The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, … Continue reading

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RECLAIMING MORAL VISION

“…in American history, the defenders of freedom have always prevailed. They are beginning to raise their hands.” (Robert Reich, March 11, 2025)  May we join our hands with the hands of others.  Our freedom is under attack. Leaders rule by … Continue reading

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ENTERING TIMELESSNESS: A MOMENT OF PAUSE

“… that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal…” (From the Collect of the Day, Lectionary of the Episcopal Church, Proper 12, Sunday closest to July … Continue reading

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FORMING A NEW IDENTITY

In my last post, I suggested that our public discourse is now infused with anger that we are losing our souls….. (https://incarnation-place.com/) Here, I look more closely at what that means for us as a society, and how we can … Continue reading

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COMING ALIVE IN LOVE

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive….”      (Howard Thurman, mentor to Martin Luther King) This week, witnessing … Continue reading

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IMAGES OF GOD & SELF

We hear the familiar words: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…. and then separated light from dark…” (Genesis 1:1) This Day 1. On Day 6, we humans show. “God says, ‘Let us make mankind in our … Continue reading

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TRANSFIGURATION

TRANSFIGURATION “After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes … Continue reading

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