“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 […]
We must learn to live together as sisters & brothers or we will all perish together as fools” – Martin Luther King, Jr. I recall attending a speech given by a prominent human rights and refugee advocate in Australia a few years ago. On this occasion he was speaking about workers’ rights to a somewhat
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Sing like no one’s listening…, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like its heaven on earth. – Mark Twain. Oh, to live and move and be like that! To be so free from the bondage of ego-centric constraint that we could live with complete abandon, here in the now, in Heaven on Earth. In truth, despite years of committed misfit mystic practice, I’m not there yet,
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela. These past few days, my misfit mystic musing has been on: In days to come, the mountain of God’s house shall be established on the highest mountains…
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