The Apostle Simon Zelotes: Simon The Zealot

Simon Zelotes was a fiery agitator— and also a man who spoke much without thinking. . .

The Next Plateau

IT IS AS IF you climbed with difficulty and reached a plateau where you could rest and consolidate your gains for awhile and gather strength through an inner, eternal voice. You go on and up with so much less dross until you reach another plateau;  you arrive a little weary, but with the most wondrous sense that you are stronger;  …

Open Wide, America…

The Greedy Obstructionist Party has nominated a “presidential candidate” who arrogantly refuses to release his taxes…

The Eternal Gift

DOWN THROUGH THE AGES COMES THE ANSWER, over and over again, in many tongues, from all the steadfast ones:  “For when the enemy shall come in like a flood the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him,” and the standard has to be lifted first in the heart through our awareness of the oneness with the …

The Blind Leading The Blind

There is no excuse for the involvement of “the church” in commerce and politics…

The Ghost In The Machine

The phrase “Ghost in the Machine” wasn’t coined by Sting, but by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, who was attempting to dismantle the aging Cartesian dualism of René Descartes…

Change It Forward

The Occupy movement will either mature quickly into a strong political movement, as it should, or disintegrate into nothing more than a paragraph in the next generation of American history books. The choice is OURS.