President Obama has missed an opportunity at Ground Zero. Beyond the pathos of his visit is an invitation beyond the cheap closure he talks about. Is it possible that Ground Zero invites transformation from fear into freedom for compassion; transformation into a new common humanity? ABC News correctly identifies the “flurry of emotions” around the [...]
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5 May 11
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Posted in Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life
Tagged ABC News, Bin Laden and Ground Zero, Compassion and Goodness, Freedom from Fear, Generous Hospitality, George Washington, Ground Zero May 5 2011, Hope and Compassion, Los Angeles Times, Oneness of humanity, Oneness with others, President Obama at Ground Zero, Righteous Anger, September 11 2001, St. Paul's Chapel NYC, Transformative Leadership
Tagged ABC News, Bin Laden and Ground Zero, Compassion and Goodness, Freedom from Fear, Generous Hospitality, George Washington, Ground Zero May 5 2011, Hope and Compassion, Los Angeles Times, Oneness of humanity, Oneness with others, President Obama at Ground Zero, Righteous Anger, September 11 2001, St. Paul's Chapel NYC, Transformative Leadership
18 Apr 11
To be free of a narrow consciousness is the invitation of Passover. I’m not Jewish but the rituals and journey of Passover restore my balance and also disrupt my spiritual positioning system. It’s about freedom from those things that constrain us being human.
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Posted in Active Being, Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life
Tagged Civil Rights Movement, Exodus from Egypt, Freedom for, Freedom From, Human Trafficking, Medicare reform, Mitzrayim, Oneness, Oneness with others, Passover, Polishing the World, Progressive Spiriutality, Repairing the World, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality for Daily Living, Spirituality in America, Tikkun Olam, Wake Up For Life!
Tagged Civil Rights Movement, Exodus from Egypt, Freedom for, Freedom From, Human Trafficking, Medicare reform, Mitzrayim, Oneness, Oneness with others, Passover, Polishing the World, Progressive Spiriutality, Repairing the World, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality for Daily Living, Spirituality in America, Tikkun Olam, Wake Up For Life!
12 Apr 11
Our journey is a dance between freedom and what encloses us. When we are active participants on our spiritual journey we assume responsibility for being willing to be transformed and free to grow into our magnificence. Paul offers tools for this journey in the fifth chapter of his letter to the Galatians. How will [...]
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Posted in Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Breaking out of Enclosures, Darkwood Brew, Detachment, Discovering Your Voice, Enclosures, freedom, Galatians, Generous Compassion, Personal Transformation, Robert V. Taylor, Spiritual Journey, Spiritual practices, Spirituality in America, Transformation, Wake Up For Life!
Tagged Breaking out of Enclosures, Darkwood Brew, Detachment, Discovering Your Voice, Enclosures, freedom, Galatians, Generous Compassion, Personal Transformation, Robert V. Taylor, Spiritual Journey, Spiritual practices, Spirituality in America, Transformation, Wake Up For Life!
25 Mar 11
“Are you a Pimp or Ho?” It is an arresting question. But you instantly get the message. It is the question of the movie Ghetto Physics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho’s Please Stand Up! It is an invitation to a paradigm shift about the lenses we experience life through. Up front the movie declares [...]
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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 Cornel West, E. Raymond Brown, Ghetto Physics, Ghetto Physics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho's Please Stand Up!, I Have a Dream, Ishmael Tetteh, Martin Luther King, Personal Transformation, Pimps and Ho's, Power Dynamics, Power Plays, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality in America, Transformation, What the Bleep Do You Know?, Will Arntz
Tagged Cornel West, E. Raymond Brown, Ghetto Physics, Ghetto Physics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho's Please Stand Up!, I Have a Dream, Ishmael Tetteh, Martin Luther King, Personal Transformation, Pimps and Ho's, Power Dynamics, Power Plays, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality in America, Transformation, What the Bleep Do You Know?, Will Arntz
16 Mar 11
The earthquake, tsunami, human devastation and nuclear crisis in Japan are God answering prayer. Really? This bizarre interpretation is being circulated on YouTube by Pamela who says “I am so overjoyed” that God answers prayers directly. Is this pure craziness? It is the antithesis of compassion and spirituality. I find this this view to be [...]
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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, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Christianity Today, CNN, Compassion, Compassion and Spirituality, Compassion for Others, Fox News, Japanese Earthquake, Japanese Tsunami, Jerry Falwell, John Hagee, Love, Love and Compassion, Pat Robertson, Relief workers, Robert V. Taylor, Steven Keillor, Tamar Boehm, tamtampamela, Wake Up For Life!, Your voice of compassion, YouTube
Tagged Christianity Today, CNN, Compassion, Compassion and Spirituality, Compassion for Others, Fox News, Japanese Earthquake, Japanese Tsunami, Jerry Falwell, John Hagee, Love, Love and Compassion, Pat Robertson, Relief workers, Robert V. Taylor, Steven Keillor, Tamar Boehm, tamtampamela, Wake Up For Life!, Your voice of compassion, YouTube
28 Feb 11
Is King George VI in The King’s Speech a stand-in for each of us? I may not have his speech impediment but I’ve had impediments keeping me from my own voice. Working through my impediments I’ve discovered, as he did, that each of our voices need to be claimed, used and heard. Is this why The King’s Speech resonates for so many of us?…Those who nurtured and egged me on to claim that part of my voice as a gay man were my spiritual saviors. They knew that until I did so my own self would remain diminished and enclosed from life.
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Posted in Active Being, Connecting with Your Imagination, Delighting in Delight, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Showing Up for Life, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Claiming Your Voice, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, King George VI, Lionel Logue, Oscars, Speech Impediment, Spirituality in America, The King's Speech, Your Voice and Imagination
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Claiming Your Voice, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, King George VI, Lionel Logue, Oscars, Speech Impediment, Spirituality in America, The King's Speech, Your Voice and Imagination
23 Feb 11
“For the first time in 42 years my voice is free.” Transformative words from a Libyan freedom protester in Benghazi. That truth is liberating. Her courage to claim her voice is inspiring. This Libyan woman challenges each of us to courageously claim our voice. Your voice is too important to be devalued in any way…Our circumstances of being enclosed or penned down may be different than that of courageous Libyans. But like them our own lives are at stake in the courage and choices we make about letting our voice speak or sing.
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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, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Apartheid, Benghazi, Breaking out of Enclosures, Claiming Your Voice, CNN, Freedom and Human Dignity, Libya, Libyan protesters, National Public Radio, Oneness with others, Personal Transformation, Spirituality & Society, Wake Up For Life!
Tagged Apartheid, Benghazi, Breaking out of Enclosures, Claiming Your Voice, CNN, Freedom and Human Dignity, Libya, Libyan protesters, National Public Radio, Oneness with others, Personal Transformation, Spirituality & Society, Wake Up For Life!
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