If Jesus, or any of his disciples, were informed that their ministry to the poor and marginalized in Judea would – in 2000 years – explode into a world-wide movement with billions of followers carrying forth a religion based on their teachings, it’s safe to assume they would be surprised at how their ‘good news’ … Continue reading Christian Nationalism and the Separation of Church and Hate

Although there are many parts we may love, the spectacle of Christmas – and its’ high-watt insistence that we cheerfully eat, drink, decorate and shop non-stop until we drop – has pushed aside the original religious premise from which it came to dominate the ‘reason for the season.’ Fresh from a tour of megalithic Ireland, … Continue reading Lessons from a Solstice Centered Culture

Joy was never really his plan – which involved serial breaking and entering, theft, coercion and taking candy from babies. But the Grinch’s story reveals a marvelous conversion. The moment of reckoning comes when, while scaling the mountain symbolic of his immense hubris and pride, the Grinch listens for the inconsolable wailing from the town … Continue reading Lessons of the Grinch