Category: Spirituality
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Political Philosophy of the Prodigal Son: Culture, Cost, Compassion
Over March, I have been preaching from the Gospel of Luke in this year’s Lenten journey. This culminated with a sermon on the Prodigal Son. A couple of things before going there. First, we must always keep in mind the religious leaders of ancient Israel mentioned in the Gospels did not behave for the most…
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Stance Punks and Albert Camus on Finding Hope and Meaning
References for this post: “I Wanna Be” by Stance Punks. YouTube video link Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Second Vintage International Edition, 2018. Translated by Justin O’Brien. This post contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please call…
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Bird in the Labyrinth
The main picture on my site is the labyrinth at the Claggett Center in Adamstown, Maryland. People have used labyrinths for centuries for meditation; and that’s why I went that morning at dawn. I stepped into this sacred space in silence, feet crunching in the gravel as I began my serpentine journey through the meditative…