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 Love with Abandonment category
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
22 Feb 11
“Why are you going to a porn show?” I was asked. I’d never thought about Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball concert in those terms. I didn’t know what to think except that I was looking forward to it. This was no porn show. It was a spiritual revival in her very own travelling cathedral. I was [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Oneness with Self & Creation, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Americano by Lady Gaga, Beliefnet, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga and Spirituality, Little Monsters, Pop Theology blog, Roman Catholic, Spirituality in America, The New York Times, Vogue
Tagged Americano by Lady Gaga, Beliefnet, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga and Spirituality, Little Monsters, Pop Theology blog, Roman Catholic, Spirituality in America, The New York Times, Vogue
16 Feb 11
Death invites us to stop putting life off…..giving us permission to accept the invitation to a life-changing conversation.
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Chris Glaser, Compassion, Death of a dog, Frederick Buechner, Grief, HIV/AIDS, Hope, Kirkridge Retreat Center, Life-changing Conversation, Living in the Now, Robert V. Taylor, Spiritual Resources, Spirituality in America, The Final Deadline, Unconditional Love, Unemployed
Tagged Chris Glaser, Compassion, Death of a dog, Frederick Buechner, Grief, HIV/AIDS, Hope, Kirkridge Retreat Center, Life-changing Conversation, Living in the Now, Robert V. Taylor, Spiritual Resources, Spirituality in America, The Final Deadline, Unconditional Love, Unemployed
1 Oct 10
Is there a connection between the blessing of animals on St. Francis Day and raging debates about Islam? Francis’ wisdom from the thirteenth century is urgently relevant today. In churches around the United States people will bring their pets and animals to be blessed in honor of the October 4th celebration of his life. In [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Delighting in Delight, Love with Abandonment, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Blessing of Animals, Buddha, Building of Mosques, Francis of Assisi, Interconnection of all, Islam, Oneness with others, Oneness with the earth, Peacemaking, St. Francis Day, The Crusades
Tagged Blessing of Animals, Buddha, Building of Mosques, Francis of Assisi, Interconnection of all, Islam, Oneness with others, Oneness with the earth, Peacemaking, St. Francis Day, The Crusades
19 May 10
Harvey Milk and God each terrified me. In that order. I was a young white anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the nineteen-seventies. To be openly gay made filled me with more fear than the fight against apartheid. Yet I knew in my bones that Harvey Milk and anti-apartheid activists were pointing to the same truth about the magnificence of each person.
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Posted in Active Being, Delighting in Delight, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Becoming full human, Courage of Harvey Milk, Desmond Tutu, Eastern Washington, God, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Day, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Love of Self, Magnificence of each person, New York, Oneness of humanity, San Francisco, Seattle, Seattle Men's Chorus, Spiritual Values, The Holy, unity
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Becoming full human, Courage of Harvey Milk, Desmond Tutu, Eastern Washington, God, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Day, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Love of Self, Magnificence of each person, New York, Oneness of humanity, San Francisco, Seattle, Seattle Men's Chorus, Spiritual Values, The Holy, unity
14 May 10
A blog conversation between Robert V. Taylor and Andrew Russell about the world premiere of a play in which Robert is one of the characters.
The Thin Place is an intriguing title for the play you have conceived! In Celtic and other traditions the thin places are those borderlands where human life, the Holy and creation meet. They are openings into new insight. How does The Thin Place offer such an opening?
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Andrew Russell, Celtic Spirituality, Dan Savage, Gabenga Akinnagbe, Intiman Theater Seattle, Kate Whoriskey, KUOW, Marcie Sillman KUOW, Religion and Spirituality, religious diversity, Sonja Schneider, Spiritual Journey, Spirituality, The Thin Place a play, This American Life
Tagged Andrew Russell, Celtic Spirituality, Dan Savage, Gabenga Akinnagbe, Intiman Theater Seattle, Kate Whoriskey, KUOW, Marcie Sillman KUOW, Religion and Spirituality, religious diversity, Sonja Schneider, Spiritual Journey, Spirituality, The Thin Place a play, This American Life
29 Mar 10
Your goodness matters. Your words convey meaning. Today’s indictment of the Hutaree militia may be written off by some as just another violent fringe group. The news is hard to view in isolation. We are besieged by an escalation of hate-filled violent language. What does it mean for us to be well-intentioned, good people? Ethics, values, meaning and purpose are at play. Claiming the good is possible.
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Posted in Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Becoming Fully Alive, Choosing the Light, Claim the Goodness, Claiming the Good, Compassion for Others, Dignity of Difference, Diversity of Culture, Diversity of Opinion, Diversity of Race, Free Speech, Fully Alive, Gender and Sexuality, Hutaree militia, Meaning and Purpose, Oneness, Violent Fringe Groups, You Matter, Your Goodness Matters
Tagged Becoming Fully Alive, Choosing the Light, Claim the Goodness, Claiming the Good, Compassion for Others, Dignity of Difference, Diversity of Culture, Diversity of Opinion, Diversity of Race, Free Speech, Fully Alive, Gender and Sexuality, Hutaree militia, Meaning and Purpose, Oneness, Violent Fringe Groups, You Matter, Your Goodness Matters
23 Dec 09
Is there a spirituality to Christmas that reaches beyond religion and Christianity? I believe so. It is more than gift giving, baubles and Santa’s that draw so many non-Christians to this holiday. Christmas invites people into three compelling spiritual truths: the promise of becoming fully alive; discovering the Holy in the midst of the messiness [...]
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Posted in Delighting in Delight, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Alive, Breath of Life, Christ, Christmas, Francis of Assisi, Holy, Holy Family, Hope, Love, Manger, Possibility, Progressive Spiriutality, Religion and Spirituality, Renew, Spiritual Not Relgious, Spirituality, Spirituality of Christmas
Tagged Alive, Breath of Life, Christ, Christmas, Francis of Assisi, Holy, Holy Family, Hope, Love, Manger, Possibility, Progressive Spiriutality, Religion and Spirituality, Renew, Spiritual Not Relgious, Spirituality, Spirituality of Christmas
12 Dec 09
Chanukah is a reminder of light breaking out. One rabbi refers to the light of Chanukah as “holy sparks”. Another says that within Judaism there as many words for “light” as Eskimo’s have for “snow”. Chanukah offers a reminder to what grounds our way of being. What does it mean to discover sparks of light in our lives?
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Posted in Connecting with Your Imagination, Delighting in Delight, Love with Abandonment, Polishing the World, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Buddha, Chanukah, Christmas, Consciousness, Diwali, Grounding, Interspiritual, Jewish, Light, Progressive Spiriutality, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual Values, unity, Way of being
Tagged Buddha, Chanukah, Christmas, Consciousness, Diwali, Grounding, Interspiritual, Jewish, Light, Progressive Spiriutality, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual Values, unity, Way of being
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