(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) Five Enthusiastic Snouts up for the movie Green Book which controversially just won best picture. It was a bit of a journey getting to Green Book, but I finally did, and, spoiler alert, I loved it. When I first heard about … [Read more...] about One White Woman’s (ill-advised?) Journey toward and Rave Review for Green Book
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And the winner is…Chaos! Will Vice (Cheney) or Trump win the award for most destruction to our democracy?
With the movie Vice up for several Academy Awards and a trumped up "state of emergency," it is time to compare the Trump and Cheney/Bush presidencies. What comes to mind is chaos vs. control. No, not KAOS vs. … [Read more...] about And the winner is…Chaos! Will Vice (Cheney) or Trump win the award for most destruction to our democracy?
My Thanksgiving is Spiritual Prozac (now and in the future)
It always has been, but for over a decade Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for an additional reason, the spiritual Prozac of gratitude. The connection between gratitude and happiness has been talked about and studied for … [Read more...] about My Thanksgiving is Spiritual Prozac (now and in the future)
Question: is spiritual change easy or hard?
Answer: Yes. Definitely. Spiritual change is easy and hard. Some people say "it's simple, but it's not easy." Many people I know participate in spiritual support that says "it works if you work it." In Science of Mind … [Read more...] about Question: is spiritual change easy or hard?
Why and How I Combine Medicine and Faith
Rev. David Bruner, Spiritual Director of the Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose, inspired this piece by asking on Facebook whether if you got glasses or took a pill it was an indication of a lack of faith in the spiritual science that we … [Read more...] about Why and How I Combine Medicine and Faith
Looking Up in Texas
I'm in Dallas, Texas this week attending the Centers for Spiritual Living Ministers Gathering hosted by CSLDallas. Today scores of us ministers will stand at Dallas City Hall to honor and know a different truth for Botham Jean, an African … [Read more...] about Looking Up in Texas
“Everything I need is right here” Really?
"Everything you need is right here," said the young woman behind the counter of the Philadelphia Airport food counter as she handed me my bag to go. "Really?" I couldn't resist saying. "Everything? Absolutely everything that I … [Read more...] about “Everything I need is right here” Really?
I Don’t Have to Tell People I’m Setting a Boundary
I like to think that I know something about boundary setting, but I actually have only learned a few things, and highly imperfectly. For that reason, I wrote a post about a year ago: the top 10 ways NOT to set boundaries. Since it was sarcastic … [Read more...] about I Don’t Have to Tell People I’m Setting a Boundary
Summer Junk Food for the Mind
Where do you stand on junk reading? I go back and forth. For years I have alternated "quality" literature--like deep spiritual inquiries, riveting memoirs, biographies and histories and prize-winning novels--with "beach" reading like … [Read more...] about Summer Junk Food for the Mind
Bless Donald Trump for helping us remember who we are
All evil and harm that is done in the world is done because we forget who we are. We forget that we are one. We forget that when we harm someone else, we are harming ourselves. The extreme harm of separating refugee children from … [Read more...] about Bless Donald Trump for helping us remember who we are
For Fathers Day: Return Immigrant Children to Their Parents Immediately
As a new thought minister, it is difficult to know what to add to what Stephen Colbert says above--where to begin with the daily heartbreaking news at the border. Even evangelical ministers, who have largely been supportive of and even … [Read more...] about For Fathers Day: Return Immigrant Children to Their Parents Immediately
If Addiction is a spiritual problem, how is it also a disease? Part 3: Questions about Addiction and Treatment Raised by Unbroken Brain
Okay this seems to have turned into a series of articles on the questions raised by the book Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavitz. Today's question is: if addiction is a spiritual problem with a spiritual solution, how is it also a … [Read more...] about If Addiction is a spiritual problem, how is it also a disease? Part 3: Questions about Addiction and Treatment Raised by Unbroken Brain