There are two very similar slogans in program. The first is “Mind your own business.” The second is “Live and let live”. Both of these slogans have as the same idea as their primary meanings. At first glance it may seem the base meaning are not the same but they are. The most basic meaning … More Mind Your Own Business
I have had some marvelous experiences when a friend calls me up and asks me to lunch. -One of the best was when I had about a year in the program. After a meeting Anita, a happily safely married woman asked me if I wanted to have lunch with her At lunch, we laughed and … More Great lunches
I just watched a documentery on Hiroshima. The suffering was unimaginable. Kids decaying alive from radiation poisoning, people instantly vaporized and on and on. I also watched a doc on the Chinese city where an earth quake killed 90,000 people. In the doctrine in which I grew up Hell was described as a place where … More Hell
Row, row, row, your boat… The only boat we can row is our own -Suppose my loved one and I are going down a river each in our own boat. If I try to row my loved one’s boat I would likely tip his boat over trying to get in. -If I manage to get … More Row, Row, Row Your Boat
I was president of Union Rescue Mission years ago. One day I was walking toward the mission entrance and maybe 30 yards from the mission entrance. I saw a ring of Los Angeles police officers around a homeless man who was down on the sidewalk . The police were hitting and kicking the elderly guy. … More Uneven Justice
A few years back, I had a spiritual adviser named Warren. We met once a week, usually in a park. It was a wonderful time for me. One day, after we had been working together for a year or so he asked me to visualize the very best future I could think of for myself. … More My Imagination
Saturday, September 18th, 2010 There are passages in the Bible that amaze me. Genesis chapter one and the Order of Creation Story is one such passage to me. I understand Genesis 1 as a remarkable pre-scientific expression of the modern understanding of the formation of the earth.The way Genesis 1 anticipates modern scientific understanding is … More Evolution and the Genesis Creation Story
