Take the time to experience the re-birth by Julie PellerPh.D

Green Junction Easter is a joyful celebration for Christian believers. We rejoice in the living Son of God and the promise of life everlasting. Easter also signifies the newness of life in nature. Eggs, often part of the Easter celebration, are an example of new life. Tulips, lilies, and daffodils, the flowers prominently displayed during […]

Monday reflection

This is a most interesting. Think about the autonomous revolution that we are in the midst of birthing in our society. Think about where all that we experience today will lead us as a society and culture over the next ten to twenty years? Think about will we as a civilization come to understand the […]

Change is coming even to organized religion

In this article, what we are seeing for the third time in the history of society is the birth of a new era undergoing change, In the two previous periods, the agricultural and industrial revolutions both brought major social phase change, Bill Davidow and Michael Malone write about this change in their new book “The […]

I came across this delightful discussion of Ilia Delio and Matthew Fox on the need for spirituality. I suppose I like it because it’s a lively discussion by two of my favorite authors. I had never heard of Matthew Fox until a few years ago when a local youth minister told me. I mentioned the […]

via A conversation with Ilia and Matthew — Country Contemplative

The call from Pope Francis By Julie Peller Ph.D.

Green Junction Over the past several weeks, the pace of human society has dramatically slowed as a result of a natural phenomenon – the spread of a new virus. Technically classified as the SARS-CoV-2 virus, this coronavirus has led to a pandemic, a public health crisis on the international scale. Infectious disease is not new […]

“He did not hold to original sin by a single couple and instead opted for the notion of the primacy of Christ formed by the Franciscan theologian Duns Scotus. Scotus held that God’s love could not be undermined by a defect in creation such as original sin. Rather, from all eternity, God willed a creature […]

via Blessed by design — Country Contemplative

Those of you who have been around for awhile may know that I have a deep love for Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and Nazi resistor who ultimately gave his life trying to stop Hitler and the Nazis. Bonhoeffer was a more than just a resistor, though. He understood the centrality of Christ and His […]

via Prophetic Insight from Bonhoeffer — Pursuing Glory

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor and theologian, was in some ways close to the early Quakers in his views on morality and violence. Yet he accepted the need to lie and perhaps even to kill in resistance to Hitler and the Nazi government, not rationalizing those acts as intrinsically good but taking on the responsibility before God for committing them. I am moved by his sincerity and courage.

via Bonhoeffer as Quaker? — The Postmodern Quaker

The modern New Left, or as denizens of the internet puts it, “Social Justice Warriors”, are through their behaviors very closely following the views of one philosopher whether they realize it or not. Although some of these people have certainly never heard of or read Herbert Marcuse’s works, they are nonetheless influenced by his […]

via Herbert Marcuse – Grandfather of “Social Justice Warriors” and Notes on Repressive Tolerance — Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History

I’ve often said that my Mac is my most important Apple product: if I could only have one, that’s the one I’d choose. Partly because bigger is better in my view when it comes to screen sizes, and partly because of its flexibility. The combination of powerful apps, a proper file-system and windowing. But last…

via iPad Pro Diary: Day 2 with the Magic Keyboard reveals more pros and cons — 9to5Mac