ExodusReading scripture, prayer and faith beyond the literal surface.
Modern translation of the Bible often sacrifices depth for accuracy. We can balance this by looking to the ancient Jewish tradition of Midrash. It encourages a participatory reading of the text that seeks personal transformation rather than just information.
How Jesus illuminates the frame problem and our search for meaning
When your back is against the wall and there nothing left for you to do. Find a still place to sit, breathe slowly and anchor yourself using this prayer.
Words point us to something beyond themselves. When we confuse the word for the reality it points to we make it into mental idol. We must abandon our ideas of god if we want to find God.
Religion was meant to connect you back to reality but the rigid legalistic application of it separates us from one another and from the very Source we claim to worship.
Why letting go is the only way forward when you are confronted with circumstances beyond your control.
Sometimes you have to keep moving forward in spite of what is happening. Love this poem, “Go to the limits of your longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke that captures this so beautifully. Go to the limits of your longing A poem by Rainer Maria Rilke Translation by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows God speaks to […]
We always pray expecting God to fulfill our requests. But most times it just doesn’t work that way.
How does one find out the “will of God”? And is there even such a thing?
Consciously or unconsciously we may believe that there is a perfect will of God (or fate) that has been predetermined for each person since his or her birth and our role in life is to discover and fulfil that destiny.
So how does our free-will and decision-making impact our future? Do we have an opportunity to create and chose our future or is it predetermined?
Is death the end? We spend our lives trying hard to avoid the one thing that will eventually overtake all of us. How we see death will determine how we use the present moment. Is there meaning in suffering? The pain that surrounds human existence does not discriminate What have I done to deserve this? […]