The Time Magazine list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World is always fascinating, because for every person listed, you know there are thousands of unknown others who are also humbly changing the world. To my delight, under the Heroes section, Ang Lee (the Taiwanese-born director of Brokeback Mountain) applauds a Taiwanese woman, […]
Beginning of the Week Thoughts
Last week, I received a short reply from Redlefty of the blog Megaloi, responding to my question of whether or not he’d found any good books to read about Jesus’s humanness or divinity (or both). His reply: “…I’ve certainly had the same doubts/thoughts about Jesus. Honestly, I don’t know how I used to read the […]
Flexibility in How We See the World
“Last December, a poll revealed something encouraging about spirituality in America. When asked if they had ever had a religious or mystical experience, more responders said yes than no. This was a first in the 47 years that the Pew Research pollsters have been asking the question. (A religious or mystical experience was defined as […]