Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 The Presbyterian Women of the Presbyterian Church (USA) participated in a Re-Imagining Conference in Minneapolis, November 4 – 7, 1993. The Conference called for addressing injustices to women world-wide and promoting equal leadership with men throughout all phases of religious experience and expression. It emphasized the fundamental need of Re-Imagining God and Christian theologyContinue reading “08/02/2020”

01 Jesus needed redemption as much as any of us. The theology that contradicts this was invented by the Church of the Holy Roman Empire to pave its way through the ages (With the Council of Nicaea in 325), and the way of all the spin-off churches who saw what a deal the Roman CatholicContinue reading “08/01/2020”

The Sermon on the Mount, the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the Parable of the Good Samaritan, and the bit about “Inasmuchas you have done it (or not done it) to the least of my brothers and sisters, you have done it (or not done it) unto me,” are all you need to know aboutContinue reading “07/27/2020”

01 There is being aligned with our life, in accord with our life, and there is being at odds with our life, at war with our life. If we are in accord with the Tao, we are aligned with our life, and things are fine. Which may not be ideal, but it is as goodContinue reading “07/03/2020”

What would you do “without hope, without witness, without reward” (Steven Moffat)? Without recognition, without acknowledgement, without gain? What would it be? Find it! Do it! Over and over! There is life hiding in that. You come alive there. Do not stop doing it!

01 I suggest that you build coalitions of 3-5 people to explore who each of you is, and what you think/feel is at the heart/center/ground/source/foundation/bedrock of each of you. How do you decide what to do? What directs your boat on its path through the sea? How do you think of what is good? WhereContinue reading “06/30/2020”

The foundation of The Church of What’s Happening Now is the right kind of silence. The right kind of silence is the source of everything. The wrong kind of silence leads to the right kind of silence over time. Just be still sit quietly and wait to see and hear what needs to be heardContinue reading “06/29/2020”

01 All religion is based on the premise that if we make God happy, God will make us happy. This has been condensed to the principle: Give To Get, and explained by saying, “If we give to God we will get back blessings by the boat load, pouring over, spilling out.” Never mind that God’sContinue reading “06/27/2020”

The ground of true religion is personal experience with the ineffable essence of existence in the form of grace, beauty, wonder–typically conveyed by an encounter with art, music, nature and/or the right kind of conversation with the right kind of people. This is religion without theology, doctrine, dogma, creeds, reason or logic, and is beyondContinue reading “06/26/2020”

Anything that takes the present moment away from us is evil. Anything that brings the present moment vibrantly alive to us is good. Anything can take the present moment away from us. Anything can bring the present moment vibrantly alive to us. Anything can be evil. Anything can be good. The present moment is allContinue reading “06/25/2020”