Spiritual Mutt

You may notice if you've read through these posts that Islam takes up a lot of space.  I spend a lot of time defending it in the light ...

I belong to this amazing website that sends daily literary emails that tackle a range of subjects, almost always something interesting. ...

Lately I've been on a Zen kick.  The Zen/Dao thing has been a constant in my life.  In many ways I am a Daoist Christian.  My Bible is ...

...represents fear on every level. In summation, the terrorists are winning.

As the most recent "rally" held by Glenn Beck shows, the idea of patriotism has become religious.  I'm not talking about a ...

Over the past several years, "Western" Christianity has left me a bit hungry, and jaded, seeming to be something of an amalgam of...

I went through a Joseph Campbell stage of my faith walk, an intellectual freeing that enabled me to see something beyond what I thought was...

As much as I am not a fan of interfaithism, that all religions are the same mantra of the post-modern world, in studying "other" r...

I was recently asked to revisit a piece that was submitted in my local newspaper. It was a good opportunity as the original piece was quite...

I was asked to offer up reflections of my article that was published in my local newspaper, to add more depth and lessons learned of the ex...

This was originally posted at another blog of mine that was recently deleted by Google. The film Baraka is easily in my top five film...

If you tire of the self-help literature that is found under "Christian Inspiration" at your local chain bookstore, I recommend t...

I am rereading Jose Miranda's Marx and the Bible for about the third or fourth time.  I discovered this book while working as an out...

Part Four of the series on Americanization .  Below is a transcript of the April 23, 2009 broadcast of "Speaking of Faith" on NPR...

I suppose I could just call the post angry men but for some reason with the "Christian" tag you'd think there would be no ang...

Every struggle to define irony? Hint: it is perhaps ironic that Alanis Morissette song is not ironic. But that's been played out. Coinci...

Don't let the terrorists win. Don't let the government win. Don't believe the hype.

I've been on a diversion lately, immersing myself in music.  If I had my way I'd have music playing 24 hours a day.  I have two set...

I keep coming back to 1994. Either I am elevating it to myth or it has been the center of gravity of the space in which I now occupy. It was...