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A Holy Moment Found Because They Listened

June 12, 2010
Tags: New York, Marine Corps, Korean War, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, Bryce Canyon, Utah, God
In the last couple of weeks I’ve heard stories from two men who are each 75 and live in the Sacramento area.

The first one told me of his experience visiting a buddy in rural New York. They met in the Marine Corps. Barely in their 20s the two of them were sent to Korea  Read More 
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A Way to Work with Dreams

May 22, 2010
Tags: Dreams, John Muir, Holy, Mystic
I recently became aware that John Muir was not only a tremendous outdoorsman,naturalist,and social activist, but he was a visionary and mystic also. In June of 1869, when Muir was exploring the rugged Sierra Nevada, he wrote: "We are now in the mountains, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell in  Read More 
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Recommended Book for Prayer

May 12, 2010
Tags: Prayer, Fiedler, Anagogy
A book recommended to me on prayer is Mystical Prayer Is for (Almost) Everyone. I found the recommendation in a conservative Episcopal publication, The Anglican Digest. It is by a Roman Catholic, Ernest J. Fiedler and was published by Paulist Press in 2009. The word mystical in the title  Read More 
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The Burden of Family Legacy

May 2, 2010
Tags: William Cowper, John Newton, Family Expectations
One of the things in life that can be both a burden and a significant obstacle to finding one’s true identity is having ancestors who were super-achievers. These are the folks who set the bar so high that it is difficult to follow in their footsteps. Feeling not good enough is the demon  Read More 
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Revitalizing and Maintaining Sexual Desire

April 18, 2010
Tags: Barry McCarthy, sex, intercourse
For this blog, I am using a handout I received at a seminar I attended for continuing education credits. It was a workshop presented by Barry W. McCarthy, Ph.D., a professor at American University. I think you will find his research information to be not only informative, but also surprising in some cases.  Read More 
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Meeting God Face to Face

March 13, 2010
Tags: God, Rudolf Otto, Numinous, Eucharist, Rumi, Whirling Dervishes
Imagine yourself having a direct, personal experience of God, standing face to face with Him. How would you describe the experience? What words would you use?

An early 20th century German Lutheran professor, Rudolf Otto, tried to answer this question.1 To experience God face to face, Professor Otto wrote, is to have an encounter with  Read More 
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Home Movies

March 7, 2010
Tags: Hollywood, Films, Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Vincente Minnelli, Joan Baxter, Glenn Ford, Anne Baxter, Dennis O'keefe
I woke up early this morning and playing on a local station was "Father's Little Dividend." It stars among others, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor (a very young Elizabeth Taylor). It was directed by Vincente Minnelli. It's not a great movie, but it was filmed at the house in which I grew up. Movie moguls at the time were looking  Read More 
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Dreams and Death

February 21, 2010
Tags: Dreams, death, C. G. Jung, Transformation
Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going -
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.*

To dream that you are dying or that you are already dead is not particularly rare. While these dreams can be very emotionally disturbing, almost without exception they are not predicting your physical demise.  Read More 
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Epiphany Is a Myth

February 7, 2010
Tags: Epiphany, Myth, Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers, Magi, Dreams
When Bill Moyers interviewed Joseph Campbell about the power of myth, there were two different reactions. The extraverts heard his stories and responded by using the word myth to indicate what is false. The events in his stories really never happened. The introverts responded to Campbell's stories as descriptions of an inner  Read More 
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Escaping Death

February 6, 2010
Tags: death, Syria, Parenting
I came across this Syrian fable a couple of decades ago and I've never forgotten it. It speaks to our best efforts to escape death.

There was once a beautiful young man whose father was a sultan. The lad lived with his family in Damascus. One day while his father was busy with matters of the palace, the boy came  Read More 
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