Does God vomit at the thought of gay and lesbian people? That’s the graphic image that O’Neal Dozier, pastor of Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach Florida, uses. It’s radically different from the one that many of us know of a God of inclusion and love. Not vomiting but smiling on us – all of [...]
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26 Jan 12
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Posted in Active Being, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Arc of Inclusion, Buddhist Wisdom, Christian Wisdom, Compassionate Oneness, Inclusion of all people, Inter-Connectedness, Jewish Wisdom, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Mother Jones, O'Neal Dozier, Oneness, Pew Research, Rick Santorum's Florida Chair, Spirituality, Spirituality in America
Tagged Arc of Inclusion, Buddhist Wisdom, Christian Wisdom, Compassionate Oneness, Inclusion of all people, Inter-Connectedness, Jewish Wisdom, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Mother Jones, O'Neal Dozier, Oneness, Pew Research, Rick Santorum's Florida Chair, Spirituality, Spirituality in America
14 Jan 12
The “politics of envy” in the United States is political fodder masking a truth that Dr. Martin Luther King pointed to almost 50 years ago. He said his entire work pointed to one goal – the creation of a “beloved community” of Americans. His prescient words invite a new conversation about who we are. The [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Beloved Community, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Econmic Inequality, Gallup Research, Great Recession, I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, MLK Holiday, Occupy Movement, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Pew Research, Politics of Envy, Poor People's Movement, Robert V. Taylor, Well being of all, Well-Being
Tagged Beloved Community, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Econmic Inequality, Gallup Research, Great Recession, I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, MLK Holiday, Occupy Movement, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Pew Research, Politics of Envy, Poor People's Movement, Robert V. Taylor, Well being of all, Well-Being
29 Dec 11
The Protester has been elevated by Time Magazine to a richly deserved new status. When you claim your voice as an individual you become more fully alive. When your voice joins together with the voice of others for the well-being of many you become more fully human. The Protesters invite us to new awareness about [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Claiming Your Voice, Compassion, Compassion in Action, Egyptian Protesters, Ending conflict, Liberty and Well-Being, Libyan protesters, Myanmar protesters, Oneness of humanity, Oneness with others, Person of the Year Time Magazine, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality, Syrian protesters, The Protester, Time, Time Magazine, Time's Person of the Year, Well being of all
Tagged Claiming Your Voice, Compassion, Compassion in Action, Egyptian Protesters, Ending conflict, Liberty and Well-Being, Libyan protesters, Myanmar protesters, Oneness of humanity, Oneness with others, Person of the Year Time Magazine, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality, Syrian protesters, The Protester, Time, Time Magazine, Time's Person of the Year, Well being of all
25 Sep 11
The Compassion Wars are here and they’re ugly. The loud cheering about health insurance and booing of gay soldiers is chilling. This is not the generous hearted spirit of America at its best. Where is the compassion that leads to hearts cracked open to discovering our common humanity and oneness with one another? Self-compassion is [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Connecting with Your Imagination, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Booing gay soldier, Charter for Compassion, CNN GOP Presidential Debate, Compassion, Compassionate Oneness, Don't Ask Don't Tell, FOX Presidential Debate, Google Presidential Debate, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Ron Paul, Stephen Hill, Tea Party Presidential Debate
Tagged Booing gay soldier, Charter for Compassion, CNN GOP Presidential Debate, Compassion, Compassionate Oneness, Don't Ask Don't Tell, FOX Presidential Debate, Google Presidential Debate, Oneness, Oneness of humanity, Ron Paul, Stephen Hill, Tea Party Presidential Debate
10 Sep 11
I was unprepared for what I would see as I headed to spend a few days on the site of Ground Zero in November 2011. Visiting the site again this week I am apprehensive about its impact. I wonder if a violent rupture is making way for transformed hearts about how we engage with the [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Firefighters, Anniversary of 9/11/2001, Chanukah, Ground Zero, Holy Sparks, Oneness of humanity, Robert V. Taylor, September 11 2001, St. Paul's Chapel NYC, Tikkun Olam, Transformative service, World Trade Center New York
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Firefighters, Anniversary of 9/11/2001, Chanukah, Ground Zero, Holy Sparks, Oneness of humanity, Robert V. Taylor, September 11 2001, St. Paul's Chapel NYC, Tikkun Olam, Transformative service, World Trade Center New York
7 Sep 11
What memories of September 11, 2001 do you have? Was there some transformative power at work that continues to reveal itself in you today?
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations
Tagged American founding principles, Anniversary of 9/11/2001, Attacks in name of Allah, Christian Science Monitor, Christian's and 9/11, George Bush Crusade, Interfaith responses to 9/11, Keith Doubt Wittenberg College, Muslim's and 9/11, Robert V. Taylor, Rosh Hashanah and 9/11, Scapegoating, September 11 2001, September 11 2011, Sikh's and 9/11, The New York Times, Transforming 9/11, World Trade Center attacks
Tagged American founding principles, Anniversary of 9/11/2001, Attacks in name of Allah, Christian Science Monitor, Christian's and 9/11, George Bush Crusade, Interfaith responses to 9/11, Keith Doubt Wittenberg College, Muslim's and 9/11, Robert V. Taylor, Rosh Hashanah and 9/11, Scapegoating, September 11 2001, September 11 2011, Sikh's and 9/11, The New York Times, Transforming 9/11, World Trade Center attacks
22 Aug 11
If ever we need mountains of despair to be hewn into stones of hope this is the moment. The unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. monument on the National Mall in Washington DC is a gift to the nation. King’s unabashed hope in our capacity to transcend differences and work for justice that celebrates [...]
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Tagged Desmond Tutu, I Have a Dream speech, Japanese Cherry Trees, King Memorial in Washington DC, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Mountains of despair, National Mall, Stones of Hope, Ubuntu, Wikipedia
Tagged Desmond Tutu, I Have a Dream speech, Japanese Cherry Trees, King Memorial in Washington DC, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Mountains of despair, National Mall, Stones of Hope, Ubuntu, Wikipedia
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