Spiritual Mutt

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Friday, July 29, 2011

The sameness of the world and the trappings therein...

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Two separate photos, two separate days, two different ends of town. Sometimes there are moments where the world slows down and true ...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Faith without having all the answers...

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I've been heavy into Abraham Heschels' The Prophets lately. I always seem to come back to the Hebrew Prophets. I tend to shun Da...

Can you be a Christian and still be human?

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I struggle with this one. The Christian message continues to burrough deeper into my soul. When balanced but not overridden by the intelle...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

A sad chicken sandwich...

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Lately we've been moving more and more toward a "raw" food based diet. This isn't the weird, militant kind of raw food di...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Social Justice in the Workplace...

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I've been on a roll at work lately, "stirring up trouble" as I put it. It's not meant to be trouble but sometimes when th...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

The power of the Word...

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Story time, so bear with... If I haven't mentioned it before I work in a Quality position at a manufacturing plant. We stamp, weld an...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

European scholars and "mystical" Islam...

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I've really been reading deeply into Henry Corbin's works now for a number of years.  I find his views of mystical Islam as found i...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

For the spiritually adventurous...

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Henry Corbin, Ibn 'Arabi and modern Christianity...

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"I was a Treasure unknown then I desired to be known so I created a creation which to which I made Myself known, then they knew Me....
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Moby's "Destroyed" a religious experience...

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A few posts ago I talked of my struggles with "Christian" music and how I often feel obligated to somehow like it because it’s ta...

So Jim Tressel has fallen...

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Another professed Christian sports hero berated by a mocking public.  Is he guilty?  Probably.  He is, after all, still a human being.  He j...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

6 a.m. on the midnight shift...

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Sittin' in a megachurch...

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I find myself in a really strange position.  The church I have attended for the past six years or so is becoming (or might even be consider...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Shi'ite, Isma'ili and Christian gnosis...

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I must say that the spritual path that has been a constant curiosity to me over the past few years falls under the title of this post.  Mos...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

The idolatry of being relevant...

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Found a great website that pokes fun at Christian culture, an oxymoron if ever there was one.  There are some others out there but this on...
Monday, May 2, 2011

Osama bin Laden as Christian litmus test...

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If any Christians are gloating or celebrating today over the death of Osama bin Laden, they should pause. We are Christians first, citiz...
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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Henry Corbin, Ismaili Gnosis and Modern Christianity

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I am reading Henry Corbin's Cyclical Time and Ismaili Gnosis again (just saw it on Amazon for $25 for a used copy...least expensive I...
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Holy Ghost Tees, baby...

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Ever wonder why it is that in tongues churches, quite often the "tongues" start to sound the same? Want proof? Holy Ghost T...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Christian Pole Dancing?

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The story can be found here . Of course it makes the news because it's absurd but the fact that it exists at all is telling. Is it ...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Invisible Christians

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The title of the post does not mean relegate your beliefs into the private sphere. I'm talking about what is now commonly called ...
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The Heart of It All, United States
Since music expresses life, I appreciate and enjoy (almost) all forms of musical expression.
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