Zen Baptist

As a zen baptist, the zen part of me likes the mythos of no mythos, which is an expression of open relationship with all that is, and the ba...

theism and a-theism are two peas in a pod dreaming dreams of disputation with exultant confirmation while the pod and mother plant swaying i...

At a night encampment on the way, the Lord encountered him and sought to kill him. So Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foresk...

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom -- Matthew 27:51 We continue to open on Earth today to a n...

As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly. Proverbs 26:11 Now I know this is not the most appetizing text to bring to y...

This morning I was thinking of budo -- the way or path of the warrior. The essence of the warrior path is spirit. As Jesus said, have little...

"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time . . . " --Ephesians 5: 15,16 To deem means to ...

Please turn in your Bibles to John 4:24. Let's read it aloud. "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spiri...

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ...

Gate gate paragate parasamgate! Gone, gone beyond, totally gone beyond! This is the essence of the Heart Sutra and of the Easter message. Wh...

"Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with ...

Alright, all you Bible thumpers, settle down! You aren't going to like what I have to say today. Be that as it may, I press on (with onl...

Okay, I'm going to try to get us out of here early today. I know some of you want to drive up to Atlanta to hear the Jubilee Singers Of ...

Thank you for inviting me back. Open your Bibles to Matthew 5:14 . What does it say? The first sentence says "Ye are the light of the w...

Since I am in what is sometimes called the advancing years and sometimes the declining (no wonder we Geezers get confused), I am looking to...