Not to Be Missed: Christ Hedges occupies Wall Street

Best theological commentary of the day/week from Chris Hedges with the occupiers on Wall Street, speaking of the corporate class creating and perpetuating "Systems of Death." In a ringing clarion call of support for...

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Elder Porphyry the Kapsokalivite Joyfully Blesses a Group of Prostitutes

Lovely article (below) which I've shamefully lifted from the charming Orthodox site, Salt of the Earth, also cross-posted at Milk and Honey.  Amidst all the 'fuss' about splintering and schism from within the...

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Hope for the Future of Religions

Lovely video below on Bede Griffiths in his gentle, declining years with words of wisdom for us all. The perfect antidote to news of the Pope's visit to Germany -which I've been ignoring. Giving it too much attention...

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The Gospel of Religious Pluralism according to Justin Bieber

Fascinating article on the young pop star and his religious faith, taken from CNN's Belief Blog. Since I met him about a year and a half ago, I feel a particular affection for this young performer - despite all...

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The Next Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama

Fascinating statement from the Dalai Lama on the issue of his possible 'next reincarnation", clearly intended to ward off manipulation of the 'recognition system' by the Chinese Communists, for political purposes. ...

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Yet Again! Another Gay Teenager Crosses to the Other Shore

Fourteen year old Jamey Rodemeyer took his own life last Sunday night in Buffalo, New York, in response to years of bullying from his classmates at school. I've lived with the story through the week and couldn't find the words to comment on yet again another young gay teen tragedy. Words fail at this point and the only proper response seems...

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Making Love is Making God: Gays and the NEW New Testament of Jesus

 Making Love Is Making God A brief look at the three (3 only) passages in the New Testament in which something similar to same sex relations is mentioned, contrasting the King James Version with the...

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A "NEW" TESTAMENT FROM JESUS?

Friends of mine from the Catholic Diocese of One Spirit have sent me what is being described as "THE NEW NEW TESTAMENT." Essentially, it is a re-written version of the traditional texts, with a substantial amount...

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Lesbian Nuns: Still Immodest After All These Years

Great review from Religious Dispatches on the landmark historical study, Immodest Acts:The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. It is considered a landmark study precisely because of "the extent to which it was...

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Does Truth Have a Chance

Does 9/11 Truth Have A Chance?  Another superb commentary by Paul Craig Roberts (former Asst. Secretary of the Treasury and editor of The Wall Street Journal and Business week) September 11, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- -- In the US on September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary...

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Child Genius, Benjamin Grosvenor, Rocks the Rudofinum

I attended the dazzling piano recital yesterday of very young and very brilliant, British pianist, Benjamin Grosvenor. He has just turned 19 - no longer a child genius, but he first skyrocketed to fame by winning...

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The Day After: Theologians for 9/11 Truth

I became involved in the 9/11 Truth movement when I discovered that two of my most respected professors of theology from my grad school days, process theologian John Cobb and James Douglas, theologian of nonviolence and...

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Et Resurrexit: The Vienna Boys Choir

I attended a magnificent concert this evening at Prague's great concert hall, The Rudofinum - The Vienna Boy's Choir, accompanied by the Prague Chamber Orchestra. We were treated to very stirring renditions of Haydn's...

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