I am a Christian. And it’s Christmas time. So this time of year, my faith tradition is manifested in Advent candles, Christmas carols, and nativity scenes. While December the 25th is not necessarily the...
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. FaithLab’s Bert Montgomery muses about the message of John Lennon, and also thinks a bit about another “John.” The following is an...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer is well known for writing about “religionless Christianity.” It wasn’t that he was walking away from the faith, of course. He only wanted to jettison trappings that did nothing to help...
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Well, here we are. The time of Orthodox Advent, Traditional Advent, Ashura, Hanakkuh, Kwanzaa, Christmas and the like. It is wrapped for us in glitz, busyness, and noise. Just thinking about it can make one...
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I have a pen pal who lives about seven miles away as the crow flies and about eleven as the crow drives a car around the hills and curves of our metro area. Given as how I tend to write quite, it’s a bit...
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They said it was so. I didn’t believe them. What did they know? They were old. I’ve become one of them and now I know they knew what I did not. What I now wonder is: Did what they know make any difference or...
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Does anybody really care? Have you heard of the term, “Body Burden”? It is a term that describes the impact of the accumulation of toxins in our bodies – the pollution that permeates everyone in the world....
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Rabbi Zusya, a pious and revered sage, was lying on his deathbed, weeping. His students stood by him confused. “Rabbi, why do you weep?” one of them ventured to ask, “Surely if anyone is assured a place in...
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