+ Shuck and Jive offers "Time for a Rebellion" by John Shuck. Excerpt: "I care that human beings will somehow manage to survive all the catastrophes
ahead and preserve enough knowledge and hope to keep eating, breeding, and
surviving, so that a remnant may start again in a few centuries and be the green
shoot that will flourish for millions of years."
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Friday, November 18, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 300
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Sex and the Presbyterian Obsession" by John Shuck which now includes some interesting and informative comments including two by me.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 290
+ updated at 12:36pm ESDT on Wednesday, September 14, 2011
+ Here is a great line from a great sermon recently preached by Barrett Lee:
The paradoxical irony of heaven’s economy is that those who keep forgiveness for themselves will lose it while those who give it away will keep it forever.
+ I am back from a month of travel in England and Scotland. I have been blogging about it at The Abundancetrek Travel Blog. You will find a link to some beautiful sunset photos.
+ My friend John Shuck is reading a good book and, of course, blogging about it at Breaking Up With God (Part 1) and Breaking Up With God (Part 2) and Meaning of Life, Part 72. Here is a quote from Sarah Sentilles, Breaking Up With God: A Love Story. She quotes Louis Dupre:
"I need God for all I am, Dupre said. And God needs me for all God is. God needs me to be God. God is the life force of everything that is, he said. God is everywhere, the core of everything that is. Most Christains and Jews are too afraid of pantheism to admit this, he said. Mystics are not afraid of pantheism. They know if God is not in the movement of my fingers, then God does not exist."
+ Here is a great line from a great sermon recently preached by Barrett Lee:
The paradoxical irony of heaven’s economy is that those who keep forgiveness for themselves will lose it while those who give it away will keep it forever.
+ I am back from a month of travel in England and Scotland. I have been blogging about it at The Abundancetrek Travel Blog. You will find a link to some beautiful sunset photos.
+ My friend John Shuck is reading a good book and, of course, blogging about it at Breaking Up With God (Part 1) and Breaking Up With God (Part 2) and Meaning of Life, Part 72. Here is a quote from Sarah Sentilles, Breaking Up With God: A Love Story. She quotes Louis Dupre:
"I need God for all I am, Dupre said. And God needs me for all God is. God needs me to be God. God is the life force of everything that is, he said. God is everywhere, the core of everything that is. Most Christains and Jews are too afraid of pantheism to admit this, he said. Mystics are not afraid of pantheism. They know if God is not in the movement of my fingers, then God does not exist."
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 267
+ updated at 11:03am ESDT on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
+ Inner Frontier offers "The Illusion of Self" by Joseph Naft. This is the first of 9 in The Path of Liberation Series which will be offered over the next 9 weeks. Here are the next 8: Cracks in the Illusion; Peace of Meditation; Coexistence; Exposing the Illusion; Freedom in Presence; Not Making Something of Nothing; Be Your Attention; I Am.
+ Democracy: A Journal of Ideas offers "First Principles: Arguing the Economy" by The Editors. They write: "As the economy begins to show signs of life, it's important that progressives own the recovery. Despite the fact that conservative policies plunged us into the economic crisis, the right's ideas continue to dominate the discourse. It's time for new ideas and arguments that can restore broad-based prosperity, and for a sharper critique of conservative economics."
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Rev. Sally Bingham in Johnson City this Week" by John Shuck. She is the founder of Interfaith Power and Light. The post feature a Johnson City Press article about the Green Interfaith Network of NE Tennessee and SW Virginia.
+ Inner Frontier offers "The Illusion of Self" by Joseph Naft. This is the first of 9 in The Path of Liberation Series which will be offered over the next 9 weeks. Here are the next 8: Cracks in the Illusion; Peace of Meditation; Coexistence; Exposing the Illusion; Freedom in Presence; Not Making Something of Nothing; Be Your Attention; I Am.
+ Democracy: A Journal of Ideas offers "First Principles: Arguing the Economy" by The Editors. They write: "As the economy begins to show signs of life, it's important that progressives own the recovery. Despite the fact that conservative policies plunged us into the economic crisis, the right's ideas continue to dominate the discourse. It's time for new ideas and arguments that can restore broad-based prosperity, and for a sharper critique of conservative economics."
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Rev. Sally Bingham in Johnson City this Week" by John Shuck. She is the founder of Interfaith Power and Light. The post feature a Johnson City Press article about the Green Interfaith Network of NE Tennessee and SW Virginia.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 257
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Unprotected Texts: A Review" by John Shuck. It begins: "I have written about the Bible quite a bit on this blog. My general refrain is that we should not use the Bible as an excuse for not owning up to our own opinions. It is nice when you run across an articulate author who agrees with you (or at least you hope so!)" Read this review.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 248
+ Updated at 12:45 pm EST on February 15, 2011
+ Shuck and Jive offers "From Cosmos to Cosmogenesis," a sermon for Evolution Sunday by John Shuck. Excerpt: "It is time to get off the fence regarding one of the foundations of human knowledge. So six years ago, Dr. Michael Zimmerman, a biologist from Butler University started the Clergy Letter Project. The idea was to procure 10,000 signatures from clergy who affirmed evolution to counter the viewpoint of some religious people that evolution and Christian faith were incompatible. As of today, 12,711 Christian clergy have signed the letter. That number goes over 14,000 when Unitarian and Jewish religious leaders are included. In addition to the letter, churches have been asked to raise the level of discussion in their congregations regarding science."
+ Cloudbusting
+ I love Kate Bush. Enjoy!
+ All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons by Jay Walljasper deals with the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us and how all of our wisdom traditions promote the common good rather than the competitive individualism embedded so deeply in current economic trends. Spirituality and Practice offers a book review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Here's an excerpt from this review: "Given the poor state of the American economy, the degradation of the environment, the confusion of the Internet, the disrepair of democracy, the decline of communities, the time is ripe for the newly emerging commons movement. Walljasper give us hope that it is taking hold as urban gardeners, hometown champions, Greens, whistle-blowers, health care advocates, defenders of libraries, fighters for water justice, and local artists are all involved in the creation of new forms of sharing. As Bill McKibben states: 'The commons is a crucial part of the human story that must be recovered if we are to deal with the problems now crowding in on us.'" Read the review.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "From Cosmos to Cosmogenesis," a sermon for Evolution Sunday by John Shuck. Excerpt: "It is time to get off the fence regarding one of the foundations of human knowledge. So six years ago, Dr. Michael Zimmerman, a biologist from Butler University started the Clergy Letter Project. The idea was to procure 10,000 signatures from clergy who affirmed evolution to counter the viewpoint of some religious people that evolution and Christian faith were incompatible. As of today, 12,711 Christian clergy have signed the letter. That number goes over 14,000 when Unitarian and Jewish religious leaders are included. In addition to the letter, churches have been asked to raise the level of discussion in their congregations regarding science."
+ Cloudbusting
+ I love Kate Bush. Enjoy!
+ All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons by Jay Walljasper deals with the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us and how all of our wisdom traditions promote the common good rather than the competitive individualism embedded so deeply in current economic trends. Spirituality and Practice offers a book review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Here's an excerpt from this review: "Given the poor state of the American economy, the degradation of the environment, the confusion of the Internet, the disrepair of democracy, the decline of communities, the time is ripe for the newly emerging commons movement. Walljasper give us hope that it is taking hold as urban gardeners, hometown champions, Greens, whistle-blowers, health care advocates, defenders of libraries, fighters for water justice, and local artists are all involved in the creation of new forms of sharing. As Bill McKibben states: 'The commons is a crucial part of the human story that must be recovered if we are to deal with the problems now crowding in on us.'" Read the review.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 239
+ updated at 10:10am EST on Tuesday, January 18, 2011
+ My favorite Street Pastor said the following in "Jesus Goes Viral," his Sunday sermon: "Like John, Andrew, and Simon, I too have experienced Jesus as surprising, inviting, and revealing. Growing up in the Bible belt of the American south, I came to think of Jesus as a fiery judge. I was afraid of him. But as I grew to know him better through the Scriptures, I heard his stories of the lost sheep and the prodigal son. I saw him forgiving sinners and befriending the outcast. Like John the Baptist, I was surprised at who Jesus turned out to be. Like Andrew, I found him to be a warm and welcoming person who wants to be close to us. In time, I came to think of Jesus as my friend. Instead of fearing him, I grew to love him." Read the whole sermon.
+ "Prophet, Artist, Fisherman," John Shuck's sermon honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. is a real gem. Excerpt: "Prophetic energizing is imagination. It is the imagination of the artist. It is the imagination of the fisherman who discovers he is an artist. It is an imagination that looks to the future and sings we will overcome. The language of the poet is the language of the prophet. It is the language of hope." Read the whole sermon.
+ My favorite Street Pastor said the following in "Jesus Goes Viral," his Sunday sermon: "Like John, Andrew, and Simon, I too have experienced Jesus as surprising, inviting, and revealing. Growing up in the Bible belt of the American south, I came to think of Jesus as a fiery judge. I was afraid of him. But as I grew to know him better through the Scriptures, I heard his stories of the lost sheep and the prodigal son. I saw him forgiving sinners and befriending the outcast. Like John the Baptist, I was surprised at who Jesus turned out to be. Like Andrew, I found him to be a warm and welcoming person who wants to be close to us. In time, I came to think of Jesus as my friend. Instead of fearing him, I grew to love him." Read the whole sermon.
+ "Prophet, Artist, Fisherman," John Shuck's sermon honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. is a real gem. Excerpt: "Prophetic energizing is imagination. It is the imagination of the artist. It is the imagination of the fisherman who discovers he is an artist. It is an imagination that looks to the future and sings we will overcome. The language of the poet is the language of the prophet. It is the language of hope." Read the whole sermon.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 232
+ updated at 2:13pm on Monday, November 30, 2010.
+ A new song for us to sing (like at the Joyful Noise Cafe this Friday night at First Presbyterian Church, Utica NY):
Presbyterians for Earthcare Hymn
"IN A ROUND WORLD"
Written by PEC Member, Manley Olson
To the tune, "Morning Has Broken" Presbyterian Hymnal #469
In a round world, no corners to hide in,
All life connected, part of the whole.
God made but one earth which needs protection.
We face this challenge, we claim this goal.
From space one sees a lovely blue marble,
A floating speck in the star-filled sky.
This was the insight told by the psalmist;
We are but dust, yet seen in God's eye.
Gone are the days when we could be masters,
Using earth's gifts for our selfish ends.
Our role today is that of God's stewards,
To be a church that speaks and defends.
Only our God can create a species.
Can we preserve what God has designed?
When we destroy life, we change the balance
In ways not thought of, with ends not seen.
It's time we alter our basic outlook
Renounce dominion, give up our pride.
Working with God, restoring creation,
In a round world with nowhere to hide.
Words by Manley Olson. Copyright 1995 (date), Manley Olson, used by permission.
The words of this hymn may be reprinted without special permission in a program or worship service bulletin for one-time use only, provided that the following statement is included:
For other uses please request permission in writing from Manley Olson, 1974 W. Summer St., St. Paul, MN 55113 Presbynet: MANLEY OLSON
+ The Diane Rehm Show offers an interview with Anne Rice promoting a new book but also speaking about other books and her commitment to Christ but not in any established church.
+ More Magic. Here is "Dig a Pony" by the Beatles on the rooftop on YouTube.
+ WallWritings offers "Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve" by James Wall.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Thanks WikiLeaks" by John Shuck.
+ How about some Cars? Here is MAGIC on YouTube.
+ A new song for us to sing (like at the Joyful Noise Cafe this Friday night at First Presbyterian Church, Utica NY):
Presbyterians for Earthcare Hymn
"IN A ROUND WORLD"
Written by PEC Member, Manley Olson
To the tune, "Morning Has Broken" Presbyterian Hymnal #469
In a round world, no corners to hide in,
All life connected, part of the whole.
God made but one earth which needs protection.
We face this challenge, we claim this goal.
From space one sees a lovely blue marble,
A floating speck in the star-filled sky.
This was the insight told by the psalmist;
We are but dust, yet seen in God's eye.
Gone are the days when we could be masters,
Using earth's gifts for our selfish ends.
Our role today is that of God's stewards,
To be a church that speaks and defends.
Only our God can create a species.
Can we preserve what God has designed?
When we destroy life, we change the balance
In ways not thought of, with ends not seen.
It's time we alter our basic outlook
Renounce dominion, give up our pride.
Working with God, restoring creation,
In a round world with nowhere to hide.
Words by Manley Olson. Copyright 1995 (date), Manley Olson, used by permission.
The words of this hymn may be reprinted without special permission in a program or worship service bulletin for one-time use only, provided that the following statement is included:
For other uses please request permission in writing from Manley Olson, 1974 W. Summer St., St. Paul, MN 55113 Presbynet: MANLEY OLSON
+ The Diane Rehm Show offers an interview with Anne Rice promoting a new book but also speaking about other books and her commitment to Christ but not in any established church.
+ More Magic. Here is "Dig a Pony" by the Beatles on the rooftop on YouTube.
+ WallWritings offers "Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve" by James Wall.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Thanks WikiLeaks" by John Shuck.
+ How about some Cars? Here is MAGIC on YouTube.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 218
+ updated at 12:30pm ESDT on Wednesday, October 27, 2010
+ TruthDig offers "The High Price of Patriotism" by Robert Scheer. Excerpt: "Our military investments recruit rather than combat terrorists, but that is not a bad outcome if the goal is greater instability as an excuse to keep defense spending absurdly high despite the end of the Cold War two decades ago. Isn’t that what it’s all about? Our military budget, bigger than that of the rest of the world combined and higher in real dollars that at any time since World War II, is nothing more than a profit and jobs center for the defense industry, which has its tentacles in every congressional district. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were never about combating terrorism, which is a supranational phenomena anchored in neither country."
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Crude, Rude and Socially Unacceptable." Excerpt: "That is what you will be when you talk about Peak Oil. That doesn't matter. Because the word needs to get out. Doing so will save lives."
+ TruthDig offers "The High Price of Patriotism" by Robert Scheer. Excerpt: "Our military investments recruit rather than combat terrorists, but that is not a bad outcome if the goal is greater instability as an excuse to keep defense spending absurdly high despite the end of the Cold War two decades ago. Isn’t that what it’s all about? Our military budget, bigger than that of the rest of the world combined and higher in real dollars that at any time since World War II, is nothing more than a profit and jobs center for the defense industry, which has its tentacles in every congressional district. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were never about combating terrorism, which is a supranational phenomena anchored in neither country."
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Crude, Rude and Socially Unacceptable." Excerpt: "That is what you will be when you talk about Peak Oil. That doesn't matter. Because the word needs to get out. Doing so will save lives."
Thursday, May 6, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 175
+ Shuck and Jive offers PDA Responds to Flooding.
+ The heatwave is over. I love days like today. A little breeze. Very blue sky. Extremely comfortable. Perhaps a sweater needed. This is the way May should be.
+ The heatwave is over. I love days like today. A little breeze. Very blue sky. Extremely comfortable. Perhaps a sweater needed. This is the way May should be.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
FRIENDS DECLARE ME APOSTATE, HERETICAL AND NOT A CHRISTIAN
+ And on Good Friday too!
+ I do believe people said Jesus wasn't a Jew on that first Good Friday. He was called Apostate, Heretical, a threat to the System ... for being honest and compassionate. That's what our tradition says.
I'm not The Messiah but I don't mind being in the company of those who have been called by such names and labels. The Control freaks threw this stuff at The Messiah and have thrown it at many messianic people ever since, people like John Shuck, a genuine Christian ... even if he doesn't believe Jesus walked on water or was literally raised from the grave.
+ You can see what's happening at "Heresies for Holy Week: Day 5" posted by John Shuck at his the fantastic Shuck and Jive blog. I'm the featured Good Friday heretic! Don't miss the comments.
+ I do believe people said Jesus wasn't a Jew on that first Good Friday. He was called Apostate, Heretical, a threat to the System ... for being honest and compassionate. That's what our tradition says.
I'm not The Messiah but I don't mind being in the company of those who have been called by such names and labels. The Control freaks threw this stuff at The Messiah and have thrown it at many messianic people ever since, people like John Shuck, a genuine Christian ... even if he doesn't believe Jesus walked on water or was literally raised from the grave.
+ You can see what's happening at "Heresies for Holy Week: Day 5" posted by John Shuck at his the fantastic Shuck and Jive blog. I'm the featured Good Friday heretic! Don't miss the comments.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 151
+ updated at 12:44pm EST, Wednesday, March 3, 2010
+ Thanks to Presbyterian Voices for Justice (the brand new name of the merged Witherspoon Society and Voices of Sophia), I discovered that USA Today offers "Where have all the Protestants gone?" by Oliver Thomas.
Excerpt 1: "'By valuing the individual quest for faith,' says the Rev. John Lindner in the fall issue of the Yale divinity journal Reflections, 'Protestant practice has resulted in a drift toward the self-authentication of truth, suspicion of ecclesiastical authority and an outbreak of freelance spirituality, launching generations of seekers.' Read steeple dropouts. This has helped fuel the increase in New Age movements as well as in the number of Americans who refer to themselves as 'spiritual but not religious.' Denominational labels and loyalty mean little to such people."
Excerpt 2: "Religion professor and Presbyterian elder Peggy Cowan sees something else — something that could help churches connect with a generation of seekers who might consider portions of the Apostle's Creed on par with Harry Potter. 'Theological exploration,' she calls it. With Jesus as their tutor, successful churches in post-modern America must be willing to affirm that all theology is provisional in light of the mystery of God."
+ Shuck and Jive offers "For the Busybodies, Fusspots, Tattletales and Scolds in Our Lives" featuring wisdom from that adorable ancient Sufi clown, Hafiz. Here's the wisdom:
Stop Being So Religious
What
Do sad people have in
Common?
It seems
They have all built a shrine
To the past
And often go there
And do a strange wail and
Worship.
What is the beginning of
Happiness?
It is to stop being
So religious
Like
That.
-- The Gift: Poems By Hafiz The Great Sufi Master, p. 119
+ Thanks to Presbyterian Voices for Justice (the brand new name of the merged Witherspoon Society and Voices of Sophia), I discovered that USA Today offers "Where have all the Protestants gone?" by Oliver Thomas.
Excerpt 1: "'By valuing the individual quest for faith,' says the Rev. John Lindner in the fall issue of the Yale divinity journal Reflections, 'Protestant practice has resulted in a drift toward the self-authentication of truth, suspicion of ecclesiastical authority and an outbreak of freelance spirituality, launching generations of seekers.' Read steeple dropouts. This has helped fuel the increase in New Age movements as well as in the number of Americans who refer to themselves as 'spiritual but not religious.' Denominational labels and loyalty mean little to such people."
Excerpt 2: "Religion professor and Presbyterian elder Peggy Cowan sees something else — something that could help churches connect with a generation of seekers who might consider portions of the Apostle's Creed on par with Harry Potter. 'Theological exploration,' she calls it. With Jesus as their tutor, successful churches in post-modern America must be willing to affirm that all theology is provisional in light of the mystery of God."
+ Shuck and Jive offers "For the Busybodies, Fusspots, Tattletales and Scolds in Our Lives" featuring wisdom from that adorable ancient Sufi clown, Hafiz. Here's the wisdom:
Stop Being So Religious
What
Do sad people have in
Common?
It seems
They have all built a shrine
To the past
And often go there
And do a strange wail and
Worship.
What is the beginning of
Happiness?
It is to stop being
So religious
Like
That.
-- The Gift: Poems By Hafiz The Great Sufi Master, p. 119
Monday, February 15, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 142
+ updated at 2:49pm EST, February 15, 2010
+ Inner Frontier offers "Triune Presence" by Joseph Naft. It's the Inner Work for this week. Naft's practical guidance for our spiritual journey is always profound and transforming.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Better Living Through Evolution -- A Sermon" by John Shuck. Excerpt: "Why do we dance? Did you know that dance is prior to language? Our earliest ancestors danced together in groups sometimes until exhaustion. They did it because that brought them together. It made them feel connected. Music and drumming and dancing. It is primal. It is before speech. Watch a one year old getting down to the rhythm of a washing machine and you know what I mean. Music and dance is universal. It is the activity that connects human beings, that allows us to cooperate and to praise one another. I have a solution for the folks in congress. They need to take their shoes off and have a sock hop, dancing night and day until they fall exhausted. Now that is a filibuster."
As for me, I'm glad we are still dancing as we continue to evolve.
+ Inner Frontier offers "Triune Presence" by Joseph Naft. It's the Inner Work for this week. Naft's practical guidance for our spiritual journey is always profound and transforming.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Better Living Through Evolution -- A Sermon" by John Shuck. Excerpt: "Why do we dance? Did you know that dance is prior to language? Our earliest ancestors danced together in groups sometimes until exhaustion. They did it because that brought them together. It made them feel connected. Music and drumming and dancing. It is primal. It is before speech. Watch a one year old getting down to the rhythm of a washing machine and you know what I mean. Music and dance is universal. It is the activity that connects human beings, that allows us to cooperate and to praise one another. I have a solution for the folks in congress. They need to take their shoes off and have a sock hop, dancing night and day until they fall exhausted. Now that is a filibuster."
As for me, I'm glad we are still dancing as we continue to evolve.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 139
+ updated at 12:31pm EST, Wednesday, Febryuary 10, 2010
+ I have begun a series of posts on God Has A Dream by Desmond Tutu at The Abundancetrek Blog.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Better Living Through Evolution" by John Shuck. Excerpt: "Evolution isn't just about biology. It can help us understand human behavior. While theology encourages us to think in categories such as sin and redemption, evolution encourages us to think in terms of variation, consequences, and heredity." The post goes on to promote a book and website which challenges us to embrace Evolution, learn from it and thrive. Excerpt from the book: "For many students who take a course such as the one that I offer, learning about evolution is like walking through a door and not wanting to return. Using it to think about their interests and concerns becomes second nature, like riding a bicycle. They are eager to develop their expertise in subsequent courses and disappointed by professors who do not share their newfound perspective. In response to this demand, I and my colleagues at Binghamton University created a program called EvoS that enables anyone to use evolutionary theory to explore the pageant of life on earth, including the pageant of human life." (Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives by David Sloan Wilson, pg. 9)
+ I have begun a series of posts on God Has A Dream by Desmond Tutu at The Abundancetrek Blog.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Better Living Through Evolution" by John Shuck. Excerpt: "Evolution isn't just about biology. It can help us understand human behavior. While theology encourages us to think in categories such as sin and redemption, evolution encourages us to think in terms of variation, consequences, and heredity." The post goes on to promote a book and website which challenges us to embrace Evolution, learn from it and thrive. Excerpt from the book: "For many students who take a course such as the one that I offer, learning about evolution is like walking through a door and not wanting to return. Using it to think about their interests and concerns becomes second nature, like riding a bicycle. They are eager to develop their expertise in subsequent courses and disappointed by professors who do not share their newfound perspective. In response to this demand, I and my colleagues at Binghamton University created a program called EvoS that enables anyone to use evolutionary theory to explore the pageant of life on earth, including the pageant of human life." (Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives by David Sloan Wilson, pg. 9)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 130
+ updated at 3:07pm EST, Tuesday, January 26, 2010
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Being A Sermon -- A Sermon" by John Shuck. I preached on the same texts last Sunday with the exception of the Bhagavad Gita selection. John's sermon is profound and there are some delicious comments including a couple by me.
Excerpt from the sermon: "I have heard a lot of horror stories in my ministry from people who believed what they heard from a pulpit. What they believed about themselves or others or what they were supposed to do often didn’t turn out so well. It is frightening the power that interpreters of sacred texts can have over people."
+ The Diane Rehm Show offers Shankar Vedantam: The Hidden Brain. Guest host: Susan Page. The power of our hidden brains: How our unconscious minds elect presidents, control markets, wage wars, and routinely, but imperceptibly, influence our daily lives. Guest: Shankar Vedantam, author of "Department of Human Behavior," featured in "The Washington Post" from 2006-2009, and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard.
+ The The Diane Rehm Show offers Debt and joblessness. Guest host: Susan Page. Debate over the role of the Federal government and Federal Reserve in steering the U-S economy out of recession, addressing the deficit and improving the outlook for jobs. Guests: Alice Rivlin, senior fellow, Brookings Institution, vice chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (1996-99); director, White House Office of Management and Budget (1994-96); and founding director, Congressional Budget Office (1975-83). Kevin Hassett, director, economic policy studies, American Enterprise Institute. James K. Galbraith, economist; Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government/business relations and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs; author of "The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too."
+ The Witherspoon Society is offering "Big money and democracy: a fair contest?" So far there are four articles responding to the recent Supreme Court decision allowing corporations unlimited access to our political campaigns.
+ Winter has returned to the Erie Canal. Almost all of the previous snow was washed away in heavy rains yesterday as the temperature soared into the 50s. But now the long January thaw is over. Snow is falling now but will end soon ... just a dusting.
+ Shuck and Jive offers "Being A Sermon -- A Sermon" by John Shuck. I preached on the same texts last Sunday with the exception of the Bhagavad Gita selection. John's sermon is profound and there are some delicious comments including a couple by me.
Excerpt from the sermon: "I have heard a lot of horror stories in my ministry from people who believed what they heard from a pulpit. What they believed about themselves or others or what they were supposed to do often didn’t turn out so well. It is frightening the power that interpreters of sacred texts can have over people."
+ The Diane Rehm Show offers Shankar Vedantam: The Hidden Brain. Guest host: Susan Page. The power of our hidden brains: How our unconscious minds elect presidents, control markets, wage wars, and routinely, but imperceptibly, influence our daily lives. Guest: Shankar Vedantam, author of "Department of Human Behavior," featured in "The Washington Post" from 2006-2009, and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard.
+ The The Diane Rehm Show offers Debt and joblessness. Guest host: Susan Page. Debate over the role of the Federal government and Federal Reserve in steering the U-S economy out of recession, addressing the deficit and improving the outlook for jobs. Guests: Alice Rivlin, senior fellow, Brookings Institution, vice chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (1996-99); director, White House Office of Management and Budget (1994-96); and founding director, Congressional Budget Office (1975-83). Kevin Hassett, director, economic policy studies, American Enterprise Institute. James K. Galbraith, economist; Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government/business relations and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs; author of "The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too."
+ The Witherspoon Society is offering "Big money and democracy: a fair contest?" So far there are four articles responding to the recent Supreme Court decision allowing corporations unlimited access to our political campaigns.
+ Winter has returned to the Erie Canal. Almost all of the previous snow was washed away in heavy rains yesterday as the temperature soared into the 50s. But now the long January thaw is over. Snow is falling now but will end soon ... just a dusting.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 115
+ updated at 3:24pm EST
+ Grist offers "Climate science is older and better established than you think" by David Roberts.
+ Since Saturday morning, I have looked out the window and always seen snow flakes falling and right now, 2:13pm EST, is no exception. But the accumulation today has been almost negligible.
+ Spirituality and Practice offers a review of the blockbuster new movie Avatar by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. They love it! They say that it is a "... thematically rich, visually impressive, and imaginative sci-fi masterpiece that gives us a cosmology totally in sync with contemporary spirituality movements -- reverence for the Earth as a living being and Oneness consciousness that celebrates the interconnection of all." I can't wait to see it. John Shuck already has seen it and he offers a lot of interesting thoughts ...
+ Shuck and Jive and Gita and Jive both offer "The Way of Wisdom--A Sermon" by John Shuck. He offers plenty of wisdom related to the blockbuster new movie Avatar and the archetype of the Blue Person.
+ Grist offers "Climate science is older and better established than you think" by David Roberts.
+ Since Saturday morning, I have looked out the window and always seen snow flakes falling and right now, 2:13pm EST, is no exception. But the accumulation today has been almost negligible.
+ Spirituality and Practice offers a review of the blockbuster new movie Avatar by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. They love it! They say that it is a "... thematically rich, visually impressive, and imaginative sci-fi masterpiece that gives us a cosmology totally in sync with contemporary spirituality movements -- reverence for the Earth as a living being and Oneness consciousness that celebrates the interconnection of all." I can't wait to see it. John Shuck already has seen it and he offers a lot of interesting thoughts ...
+ Shuck and Jive and Gita and Jive both offer "The Way of Wisdom--A Sermon" by John Shuck. He offers plenty of wisdom related to the blockbuster new movie Avatar and the archetype of the Blue Person.
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