Spirituality

“Can a Bot go beyond its programming and our inputs to devise unique solutions to novel problems - solutions that exhibit Justice as their determinative Value?” 

"The fact of the matter is, we will never be like God, nor will we ever be able to create a system that knows everything, is capable of anything, and controls all things."

"Placing faith in AI to originate creations like art and music may lead to disillusionment. Ultimately, the true creator is a higher force."

“Of course, no one needs to invoke Mary’s intercession… (but) imagine OJ without his Dream Team.”

This is a rally cry for believers to be the most enchanted people on the planet. Otherwise, what are we even doing here?

"...of course it would be the home of a hamster with a preference for a song about a bunch of sinners on a cruise ship begging for a revival."

"Once upon a time, a grittier version of me roamed barefoot and luxuriated not in material but in emotional response. "

“This tiny prayer…is a cyber-wonks dream. The density of the information content is out of this world, quite literally!”

"I long to see the nearing restoration..."

Formal Christian Prayer is a cornucopia of spirituality. Yet in the Roman Catholic tradition at least, two prayers stand out: Jesus' prayer, the Our Father, and the Hail Mary (Ave Maria).

"Dear Lord, thank you that you are Jehovah Shammah–"the Lord is there". (Ezekiel 48:35)

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“The eight beatitudes are a 'manifesto' for change, a change in the way we understand the world…behave in that world… (and) act toward one another.

“But deliver us from evil,” this last verse is the key to the entire prayer.

"Job was, you might say, trapped in a Porta Potty right there in the desert, despairingly dejected and despondent."

For a culture that values education, we seem to forget that our children need to be educated in the Word, not just the world.

"Finding footing in a world that appears to condone worshiping men can be incredibly hard, especially when that world extends past every aspect of your being."

"Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”

"What really is going on at that moment, which so grips the artist’s imagination, moving him to bend every effort of will and skill to re-produce, under the sign of paint, the precise reaction of the shepherds on first seeing the Holy Infant? "

Maybe that’s what Judy Garland meant in “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” when she sang “we’ll have to muddle through somehow?”

"Are there things that are too precious to expose to real life? Things we’re afraid might get soiled? Maybe the most beautiful parts of ourselves? Maybe our faith?"

“But deliver us from evil,” this last verse is the key to entire prayer.

What scared me was that something I never thought was possible just might be.

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This nasty turn unnerved me, so I gathered myself together and drew a table with my comfortable beatitudes on one side and my uncomfortable ones on the other...

Is the Sermon ‘in the can’ after all?

Land is imbued with holiness, which means that, like God, it is beyond human measures of usefulness or control.

For when you've lost the expectation of God in your life

But did you know that a 6th century Irish poet developed his own version of a ‘creed’…which I have named, the People’s Creed?

Schools will soon be reopening with kids returning to begin a new school year. Now is the time to begin thinking about the fall curriculum. In this article, we outline a 10-unit physics curriculum for grades four through eight, all based on The Yellow Submarine.

If God sent His only Son to earth, not just to save us from our sins, but because He knew how difficult it was for humans to believe in something we cannot see, why wouldn’t He still use that tactic today? Knowing our vulnerabilities, understanding us the way a parent understands their child, why wouldn’t God send us messages through people we trust?

The biggest connection I made between music and spirituality was that they both focus on the present moment. When I managed to stay in the present moment in both the song and in life, I realized there was no time for anxiety.

As a chaplain, I am allowed to talk about faith or pray with a client if that is what he or she wants. Like many people in our secular and even religious society, I am to be there for ‘those of all faiths or none.’

My timing can lead to stress and striving, but God says not so fast, my daughter.