Oh Brotherhood, Where Art Thou?

THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD and the brotherhood of man present the paradox of the part and the whole on the level of personality.  God loves each individual as an individual child in the heavenly family.  Yet God thus loves every individual;  he is no respecter of persons, and the universality of his love brings into being a relationship of the whole:  the …

ARE WE HERE YET?

On an individual and personal basis, just finding a way to say “Here, read this”— when it comes to The Urantia Book— just as difficult as:

Overcoming all Fear

Getting your cat to take a bath

Arresting Global Warming

Establishing Economic Fairness

Discovering an inexhaustible energy source

Loving one another

Ending Global Poverty

Ending War

Achieving World Peace

Achieving the brotherhood of all mankind

Well.  You get the point, don’t you?

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Don’t Be A Sucker

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXEKi4HS6GY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]   Throughout the vicissitudes of life, remember always to love one another. Do not strive with men, even with unbelievers.  Show mercy even to those who despitefully abuse you.  Show yourselves to be loyal citizens, upright artisans, praiseworthy neighbors, devoted kinsmen, understanding parents, and sincere believers in the brotherhood of the Father’s kingdom.  And my spirit shall be upon …

Torch Me Up, Scottie

The attack against Christians by Beck may turn out to be the most interesting opportunity for Religion to finally provide some genuine open criticism of itself, and quickly provide the sort of self-correction Christianity so desperately needs. So you go, Jim Wallis, and don’t stop until Christianity is once again the religion of Jesus.

Life On The World Of The Cross

The soft light of the instrument panel shone off the large eyes of navigator Dorac. He placed the ship into low orbit, approximately over Washington, DC. Pilot Nandon, pressed a series of actions into the ship. The first was her announcement to the entire host: My friends, we are orbiting the World of the Cross; the tarnished shrine of our beloved Creator Son whom the natives put to death. We are now over the capital city of the federation of states known as the United States of America.

The Promise of Global Brotherhood

There is much hope and expectation in America that a new day has dawned, a day of justice and fairness, of true compassion and a new expression of our highest ideals. Today, we should all pray that this is true; that we are about to enter a new way of looking at our existence, at our world; a new way that eliminates the shameful neglect of the least fortunate among us.

American Brotherhood

• Ebony And Ivory Live Together In Perfect Harmony Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard, Oh Lord, Why Don’t We? —Paul McCartney It strikes me as an unfortunate bit of necessary shorthand that Barack Obama has been thought of almost exclusively as a “black” man.  Barack is biracial.  He’s not the first “black president.”  He’s the first “black and …