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Commentary about Christianity, economics, and politics. The intent here is to create relationships with ‘followers’ or rather one with others who see their lives, like me, as a journey for understanding ourselves and learning more about what used to be called ‘the human condition.
Exorcism: Hunting Daemons in Lent: Interlude
To this point in our journey, most people can agree about the historicity of Jesus (Yeshuah) of Nazareth and about his execution by the Romans as a criminal or potential threat to the established order. While the cross is the most visible symbol of Christianity it is...
Exorcism: Hunting Daemons in Lent: 5. Of Darwin, the human species and loving kindness.
Important qualifications: I use YHWH (God) because it saves me from calling YHWH by any male/female pronoun. I am also a cousin to YHWH’s people and so a better respect for YHWH is due. This text, like the others, are works in progress. If someone writes to let me...
Exorcism: Hunting Daemons in Lent: 4 – one who worships his/her kind ends up worshipping him(her) self
Important qualifications: I use YHWH (God) because it saves me from calling YHWH by any male/female pronoun. I am also a cousin to YHWH's people and so a better respect for YHWH is due. This text, like the others, are works in progress. If someone writes to...
Exorcism: Hunting Daemons in Lent: 3 – power – the thing we desire above all else
Important qualifications: I use YHWH (YHWH) because it saves me from calling YHWH by any male/female pronoun. I am also a cousin to YHWH's people and so a better respect for YHWH is due. This text, like the others, are works in progress. If someone writes to let me...
Exorcism: Hunting Daemons in Lent: 2 – bread- the subtle test of consumption
lent 2-walking the desert path of meditation, unpacking our own baggage on the way: what are you?
ash wednesday
Ash Wednesday is the start of the Christian tradition of Lent, which lasts for forty days, ending on Easter Sunday (this year, April 9). Lent is for hunting demons. Yours. Every faith tradition has something like Lent. And each of them are similar in what they offer...
sin of the religious corporation called ‘church’
Yet another, to date, unknown residential school grave yard of aboriginal children. There will be more. Like all nations and faith systems (corporate religion), Christianity has its sins to bear but how does it bear them? What is sin? The churches (all...