God-sufficiency not self-sufficiency, Rebellion is a must Few things run more counter to the constant craving of my ego-self than personal powerlessness. Yet in my experience, nothing brings me more deep inner peace than letting go of power and control. It is the price that must be paid if I want to live a life […]
Oh Children of Gaza Ah, the wars they will be fought again. The holy dove, she will be caught again, bought and sold, and bought again… — Leonard Cohen Amid a war pulverized Gaza, on a dusty road in soul searing heat, emerges a barefoot tattered and torn young girl, maybe seven or eight years
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The wound is the place where the Light enters you. — Rumi. Like it or not, we nearly all get to take a reluctant stroll down the boulevard of broken dreams. If you, like me, have stumbled into this unwelcome place, comrades, take heart, it might just be the best thing that has ever happened to
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“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.” – Thomas Merton. If we are looking for a moniker for the living Divine, the “God of Peace” (Yahweh-Shalom) is a real humdinger. It occurs many times in the Bible, and in Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic writing more broadly. There have always been people who