Next Sunday will be Easter Sunday.For forty years and six monthsI stood before some congregationand talked about the resurrection of Jesus.What I said changed considerably over that time.I am proud to be able to say that,because the overriding trend is for it not to change at all over the spanof 2,025 years.Do you believe JesusContinue reading “April 13, 2025”
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March 17, 2025 – B
Reading through my old writings, I came across this gem of a dollarism:”One of the 10,000 Spiritual Laws states, ‘Our idea of God is not God.’ the Bible can be seen as the history of the evolution of the idea of God. If we read the Bible carefully, noting inconsistencies, contradictions, incompatibilities discrepancies and divergentContinue reading “March 17, 2025 – B”
December 26-B, 2024
It is well within the Reformed tradition—the Reformed Jewish tradition, that is–to see Jesus and John the Baptist as classical prophets of Judaism, come to proclaim “Now is the time!” To turn the light around and understand the present moment as the time and place for reformation of the religion of the forefathers and theContinue reading “December 26-B, 2024”
December 14, 2024
Jesus saying, “The Father and I are one,”and “In as much as you have done it to the least of these,you have done it unto me.”And Paul saying, “It is no longer I who live,but Christ who lives in me.” Sets the table for us to realizewe are one with Paul, one with Jesus, oneContinue reading “December 14, 2024”
November 17, 2024
1) All of the outstanding people of every age share the same “gifts of the spirit”with each other,namely, their original nature(different, though “the same” in all people),their innate virtues(What they did best and enjoyed doing most)and their intrinsic intuition.These are the things that set us all apart,yet make us all one.And no one,including Jesus andContinue reading “November 17, 2024”
September 10, 2020
04 Chief Seattle and Black Elk did not have a PhD between them. Or a Masters Degree. Or a Bachelors Degree. Or a high school diploma. And they were brilliant men of soul, fit for the company of Gandalf the Grey, Albus Dumbledore, Obi wan Kenobi and Yoda. Dolly Parton would belong to that group.Continue reading “September 10, 2020”
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