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
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
24 Mar 11
I was at the altar rail looking at the bread resting in my palm. I’d heard the words, “The Body of Christ. The bread of heaven.” Did this bread offer any hope to the people of Libya or Japan? Did it include them? If not then what was I doing there? Surely there are no outsider’s in the embrace of the Holy? Surely there is not a litmus test for being “In” or “Out” with the Holy?
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Tagged Bread of Life, Breath of Life, Communion, Darkwood Brew, Eric Elnes, Galatians, Gerald Manley-Hopkins, Japanese Earthquake, Japanese Tsunami, Libyan conflict, Relief workers, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality for Daily Living, Spirituality in America
Tagged Bread of Life, Breath of Life, Communion, Darkwood Brew, Eric Elnes, Galatians, Gerald Manley-Hopkins, Japanese Earthquake, Japanese Tsunami, Libyan conflict, Relief workers, Robert V. Taylor, Spirituality for Daily Living, Spirituality in America
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