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 [...]
Browsing the archives for the Fully Human, Fully Alive category
26 Jan 12
Read or post comments
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 [...]
Read or post comments
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 [...]
Read or post comments
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
23 Dec 11
The Holiday Grinch is incensed that White House cards do not refer to Christmas. While the Grinch makes political hay the rest of us celebrate the holiday spirit that Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice and Christmas invite us into. It is a choice about whether to define life by a spirit of steadfast exclusion or discovering [...]
Read or post comments
Posted in Delighting in Delight, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Oneness with Self & Creation, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Business Insider, Chanukah, Christmas, Connection to the Universe, Delight and generosity, Delight in Life, Fox News, Hanukkah, Holiday Furor, Holiday Grinch, Holiday Spirituality, LA Times, Life-draining Energy, Life-giving Energy, Oneness of humanity, Sarah Palin and No Christmas, Solstice Celebrations, Spirituality of Christmas, White House Holiday card, Winter Solstice
Tagged Business Insider, Chanukah, Christmas, Connection to the Universe, Delight and generosity, Delight in Life, Fox News, Hanukkah, Holiday Furor, Holiday Grinch, Holiday Spirituality, LA Times, Life-draining Energy, Life-giving Energy, Oneness of humanity, Sarah Palin and No Christmas, Solstice Celebrations, Spirituality of Christmas, White House Holiday card, Winter Solstice
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?
Read or post comments
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 [...]
Read or post comments
Posted in Active Being, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life
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
16 Aug 11
Who would have imagined that a Mormon candidate for the Presidency of the United States would be mainstreaming cafeteria spirituality? John Huntsman, the former Governor of Utah, is doing just that and giving voice to the nuanced and rich spiritual practices of tens of millions of Americans.
Read or post comments
Posted in Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Balanced Spirituality, Boston Globe, Cafeteria Spirituality, Faith and Reason, Jon Huntsman, Monolithic Mormonism, Mormons in America, Republican Presidential Candidates, Spiritual not Religious, Time Magazine, USA Today
Tagged Balanced Spirituality, Boston Globe, Cafeteria Spirituality, Faith and Reason, Jon Huntsman, Monolithic Mormonism, Mormons in America, Republican Presidential Candidates, Spiritual not Religious, Time Magazine, USA Today
-
-
Pre-order your copy today – click here. Become fully alive with a life of greater purpose and meaning with A New Way to Be Human by Robert V. Taylor.