Religion is remembering; calling back something we didn't know we knew that grounds us and lends continuity and meaning to our days. (re-"again" legere - "to read") Violence is forgetting, denying, making discontinuous, or annihilating the past and stripping away identity and the security of the present. By stealing backstory we take away identity and belonging as... Continue Reading →
Can We Be “Chosen” without Being Jerks?
Benjamin Netanyahu is angry with you. The Israeli Prime Minister considers the vote last week at the PCUSA's General Assembly "disgraceful." (this was a vote to stop investing in companies making money off Israel's continued settling in territories reserved for Palestinians.) He said anybody with morals should recognize it as such and at the very... Continue Reading →
Healthy Adaptive Joyous 