We’d probably all love to hear what hopes, joys, challenges and gratitude you are experiencing this Holiday Season. Please comment below, right now, and I’ll pull a few together and add my own in an article shortly. For me, my one and only desire is to do the will of God. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah,…

There, in the undercurrent of everything, is Spirit. There, behind you, is the Playful One. There, above, below, and deep inside is the Powerful Force. Therein, even in the darkest problems, the most extreme pain and suffering, lies the Divine. There, in that surrender of your self-hatred, your excess fat, even your lack of energy,…

“How do people, whose hearts and minds have been wounded by violence, come to feel and know the redemptive power of God’s grace?”  That is the central question and mission of Serene Jones’s “Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World,” a new book from Westminster John Knox Press. Why do I recommend this book…

I just love the comment that someone posted a few days ago, in response to How to Curb Your Appetite.  I reprint it below, as the “Comment of the Week.” This week I’ve posted a lot on family history, genes, materialism, making lower-fat hamburgers, and Christmas memories – I guess they’re all a prelude to…

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