…stories of growth and stages of belief…
I love it! I have been getting ready to write a serious post on intercessory prayer - of course I am planning to write it from the viewpoint of what I am calling a Mystic on this site. Earlier today however, I ran across a blog post from one of my favorite Mystics ever - Rabbi Rami Shapiro - who writes a column for Spirituality and Health Magazine. His blog post really sets up Read the rest of this entry »
Ok, now I’ve heard it all! I subscribe to Worldwide Religion News, a sort of newsletter that sends regular updates about religion issues in the news all over the world (as the title would suggest, of course…)
Anyway this evening there was an article from New Delhi questioning whether yoga is ok for Christians to do - because it may be too close to its Hindu roots. To most of us, yoga is a healthy exercise and I don’t think any of us in this country at least would view yoga as having anything to do with religion. Even if it did, what would be wrong Read the rest of this entry »
I just listened to a dialogue between Ken Wilber and Brother David Steindl-Rast. They were talking about what Wilber calls the three faces of God. To me, this is an interesting concept. So far as I know, it is something Wilber developed himself.
I am going to try and paraphrase the idea for you here but if you really want to hear it Read the rest of this entry »
In the last post, I wrote about Lon Solomon, pastor of the McLean Bible Church, a 10,000 member non-denominational mega-church in my area. The type of preaching he does, on the radio no less, is typical of the Faithful or Stage Two religion. It happens that on one of his several websites, we find his conversion story, as told my him. You can listen to it in the original if you want, but it is sixty minutes long: http://www.mcleanbible.org/media_player.asp?messageID=961. He is an amusing speaker so if you have the time, do click on that link.
Anyway, Lon grew up in a Jewish household where they went through the motions of following the Read the rest of this entry »
Tonight while I was driving home a familiar voice came on the radio. It was the Reverend Lon Solomon, pastor of the McLean Bible Church. He regularly does radio spots with short bits of preaching and always ends his coments with the words: “Not a Sermon…Just a thought!” Very catchy, right?
Well here is what he had to say tonight: ”…..The Bible says that God Read the rest of this entry »