Spiritual Mutt

In the end, when all is said and done, when we have wrestled and laughed and prayed and struggled, when we've been through all the theol...

Arrogance and fear, two sides of the same coin. I suffer with both. Just got involved in a road rage game today, something I haven’t done ...

I saw him in such a form as I was able to take in. And when the ninth hour was fully come, they rose up to make prayer. And behold certain w...

As for Jesus being in the shit, it may seem pretty irreverent. "And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding a...

Without divulging into the personal issues that led to the statement in the title, I can give you the basics. It would seem that in the cul...

While I respect, appreciate and admire the genius of the New Testament writers in their recontextualization of the Hebrew Bible, I cannot ta...

The more in-depth I read Henry Corbin, the more clearly I see the dogma of the Church. This isn't a judgment (yet, anyhow). It's ...

That's the question isn't it? I get it. And of all doctrines proclaimed, it is the most cohesive. But I am also not one to just ac...

Perhaps quite pertinent here is this journal entry: 11/8/01: Jesus...(in the place of God Whom we cannot see) [is] being (that is)...

4/8/07: Began P90X program. A workout fiend in my mid to late 20s, I hadn't worked out in about seven years. I started a basic pr...

From my journal: 10/10/06 Perhaps my lowest point yet...Jail time is a frequent topic of conversation [at my job]...Bills in collections, cr...

3/15/2008 The Trinity is not a 'thing' or a 'concretized' Idea or even a 'Being' and this is where we run into...

I've had several "visions" all pertaining to the Trinity. This Trinity thing has troubled me for years. It is more annoying...

This, to me, is really the essence of his work: "...when it comes to understanding the humanity (nasut) of the Iman, that is, to ...

As soon as we start philosophizing about what any religion means we have begun the process of Gnosis. "Gnosis" is the Greek word ...

Seems that traditional religion isn't cutting it. Not knocking traditional religion but I am bored by it. Sure you get out of it what...

WTF? I heard that today in church. That seems to be standard fare in evangelical circles. It seems to me that comes from the vantage poin...

I've never really been into Christmas that much. As a young child I was. I remember leaving my uncle's house hearing sleigh bells ...

Amazing how quickly a month can pass. Part of the reason is that I have become disinterested in spiritual debate. Too much Zen perhaps? It...

Labor Day weekend. Rode my bike down to the river. This is not the park, mind you. Too busy. Too many people. No privacy. No, this is ...