+ Naming His Grace offers "Jesus and the Gurus" by Viola Larson. There are now 20 comments including several by me. Here's my latest comment:
It is interesting that you said "only metaphor." Language itself is metaphor. We are always struggling to find words and symbols which can describe the Holy and Mysterious. We always fail to find the perfect words and symbols because of our human limitations. I simply can not embrace your kind of certainty about things mysterious and beyond human knowing. But I have no problem affirming your right to have your kind of certainty if it works for you. I wish you could affirm my right to embrace an understanding of our wisdom tradition which is different than your understanding. I invite you to keep on wrestling with God and I do believe that as you wrestle you will find it possible to become more accepting and affirming of people who differ from you. Variety is the spice of life!
Holy Communion has been called the Holy Mysteries since ancient times. I do believe in the Real Presence of Christ and I do believe Holy Communion is a re-membering of our union with Christ. We are brothers and sisters of Christ. The heavenly connection is miraculous, mysterious and marvelous.
+ Boycott Israeli Goods is a UK organization devoted to educating the world about the illegal and immoral occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. "Why Boycott Israel?" is found on the homepage. Here's why:
The Palestinian people are experiencing their 42nd year of military occupation. The siege by the Israeli army and the economic blockade have devastated their daily lives so that 'normal' life is impossible.
Israel operates an entrenched system of racial Apartheid against its own non-Jewish inhabitants and has been illegally occupying Palestinian land in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights since 1967. It has sought to further annex these lands and has systematically transferred its own civilian population into these occupied territories in contravention of international law. Israel continues to build the illegal Apartheid wall, annexing vast swathes of Palestinian land in the West Bank and creating Palestinian ghettos, despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice that it is illegal.
+ For a few minutes this morning, the sun was shining over the Mohawk Valley. That has been a very rare experience this winter.
+ I have very mixed feelings about Avatar after seeing it on Saturday. I can see the spiritual depth which Mary Ann and Fred Brussat spell out in their S&P review. But I was really turned off by the violence just as I was when seeing The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Does there have to be so much? Does it have to be so vivid? I know it's part of the story and even the message of the movie. But it was not at all pleasant to experience. Maybe that's the point. It is so painful after experiencing the joy and beauty of a paradise on Earth, or rather on Pandora, the planet which has an essential resource needed on Earth. I am reminded of the novel Island by Aldous Huxley where an aboriginal tribe has an idyllic existence until Western Civilization comes in and destroys it.
+ I am getting the hang of converting old slides to digital photos using the Epson Perfection V300 Photo Flatbed Scanner which I got for Christmas. I join the many users who are quite satisfied with the results. You can now see photos of Paris I took in 1990 at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42880&id=1005045494&l=bdfe3f7118
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