BEAUTY

    BEAUTY

    Beauty touches and renews our hope when it takes us out of the grid of ordi­nary time and brings us to another place, a place where his­tory ceases and the weight of mem­ory relents, a place ever ancient and ever new.
    — John O’ Donohue

    AFFIRMATION OF LIFE

    AFFIRMATION OF LIFE

    God is the source of life. And if God is the source of life, the only way I can wor­ship God is by liv­ing fully. And I’ve got to ded­i­cate myself as a fol­lower of this God to build­ing a world where every­body has an oppor­tu­nity to live fully.
    — John Shelby Spong

    ON LITERALISM

    ON LITERALISM

    I spend my time, not reject­ing the way the Chris­t­ian story has been under­stood, but reject­ing the lit­er­al­ism that has been imposed upon it. My sec­u­lar human­ist friends would reject the whole story.
    — John Shelby Spong

    Jungle dispatch

    Reflections on the Demise of Vrindaban, Braj, India 2010

    As I read reports of rapid high­way infra­struc­ture  devel­op­ment accom­pa­nied by destruc­tion of tra­di­tional ...

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    Raindrops

    It was raining last night but we could feel rain was approaching, many days before Some gems were falling down and some pe ...

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    Reality, Religion, and Passion

    Thus it is important to note the theological point embedded in the devotional exaltation of enjoyment--it is not that enjoyme ...

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