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
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 [...]
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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
26 Sep 11
How dangerous is His Holiness the Dalai Lama? The South African government in denying him a visa to attend Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday celebrations appears to believe he is a danger to freedom loving people. His life, like that of Tutu’s, points to a very different message of the inter-connectedness of all things and [...]
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Posted in Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Spirited Conversations
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, China and the Dalai Lama, China pressures South Africa, Compassion, Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Visa to South Africa, Desmond M. Tutu, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Oneness of humanity, Robert V. Taylor, The Times of India, The Times of London, Tutu 80th Birthday, Ubuntu, Zapiro
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, China and the Dalai Lama, China pressures South Africa, Compassion, Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Visa to South Africa, Desmond M. Tutu, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Oneness of humanity, Robert V. Taylor, The Times of India, The Times of London, Tutu 80th Birthday, Ubuntu, Zapiro
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
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