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PRAYER FOR AMERICA
Eternal God, who has called us to be your people, you led our forefathers to this great land and granted us abundance, prosperity and freedom. Within their hearts and minds you planted a love of freedom, and within their spirits you placed the lure of the future. We thank you, Lord, for creating us with the capacity for imagination and risk and adventure. We thank you for the chance to start over again, to begin anew, to leave behind the bondage to inadequate ideas or methods
Jul 15
PATRIOTISM AND THE DECLINE OF A CHRISTIAN NATION - PART III
The grand words of the Declaration resonate within our souls: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,...
Sep 5, 2023
PATRIOTISM AND THE DECLINE OF A CHRISTIAN NATION - PART II
The idea of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire was very distant from the Book of Revelation, the Bible's last book...
Sep 1, 2023
PATRIOTISM AND THE DECLINE OF A CHRISTIAN NATION - PART I
It happened several years ago. It was one of those "aha" experiences in my life. On a beautiful summer morning we were visiting Delphi,...
Aug 28, 2023
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE--OR SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND STATE??
If we would be advocates of the influence of religious ethics and morality on American democracy, we would also be advocates of the...
Aug 8, 2023
DEMOCRACY, RELIGION AND MORALITY
Human beings are incorrigibly religious. In the entire known history of humanity, it is difficult find a group of humans that had no...
Aug 2, 2023
LIGHT, LIFE, AND ENLIGHTENMENT
Summer is a season of sun worshippers. In the Northern Hemisphere millions of sunbathers will make their way to the beaches to "soak up...
Jul 25, 2023
LIGHT THINKING AND THINKING LIGHTLY
The world exists by light. "The exchange of light maintains our universe from the level of atoms on up," says Huston Smith in his book,...
Jul 8, 2023
THE DISCIPLINES OF FREEDOM
We know the spirit of freedom when we see it. We struggle to find the exhilaration it gives, the sense of wholeness it imparts, the...
Jun 30, 2023
EATING AND DRNKING LIGHT
Did you have orange juice this morning? You were drinking light. Did you eat toast or cereal? You were eating light. The oranges and...
Jun 26, 2023
