Dec 26, 2009

We've made it through Yule (and/or Christmas, Hanukah and a few others) when the mundane "New Year" hits us.  One thing that makes the mundane "New Year" different from other mundane holidays is that it is literally impossible to ignore.  Most of us had our new year celebration at Samhain, but it is the mundane...

Dec 19, 2009

Yule is a celebration.  And, in a number of traditions, Yule is the celebration of the birth of a divine child.  Your Sunday school teacher might not have told you this, but Jesus is not the only divine being who has a birthday celebrated at about this time of year!

It beings in humanity's earliest beginnings.  Picture...

Dec 12, 2009

Letting The Infinite grasp you - and why not!  Last week, we talked about grasping the infinite, and you know that there has to be something to be seen from the other direction.  Besides, it is a common question.  In fact it was one of my first questions when I began asking questions.  How can The Divine grasp us?  What...

Dec 5, 2009

Imagine, if you will, someone who has a Lamborghini or Maserati in the garage but only uses it to go the few blocks to the grocery store!

That seems to be the approach some folks want to take where The Divine is concerned.  Bear in mind, that if the universe is infinite, The Divine must by definition be as infinite as...

Nov 28, 2009

This is a subject which can be taken vary seriously, or as a jest.  The latter is particularly true in the United States where, unless you live a very sheltered life, you will face someone who will want to know if you have "found God." 

One time when I was approached by a streetcorner evangelist with that question, I...