2025-03-31
2025-03-31
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- Heroes or Saints? Who are our Cultural Icons?
- The Redoubtable "Miss Potter"
- Global Warming and Evangelicals Part Deux
- The Constantine Novels of Paul Doherty
- The God-Gap Narrows
- Cirque d' Bible-- The Annual SBL Meeting
- Haggard Resigns in Disgrace
- Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
- PROBLEMS MULTIPLY FOR JESUS TOMB THEORY
- A Church Home for the Homeless
- Rob Bell Hits the Rock Venue Circuit
- A Prairie Home Companion-- A Eulogy to Things Dying from the Heartland
- Pirates of the Carribean II--- Yo Ho Ho....
- Ten Commandments for the Internet Age
- 'Just in Time'-- 'God Wants You Wealthy'
- Some folks will Swallow Anything!
- Literal Renderings of Texts of Contention-- 1 Tim. 2.8-15
- The Eternal Subordination of Christ and of Women
- The Age of Impatience and the Lust for Certainity
- Rising to the Occasion--- Easter Reflections
- Did Jesus Found a Dynasty--- Part 4
- The Gospel of Judas-- the NPR Discussion
- Frank Viola's Reimagining Church-- Part Three
- Joke of the Day-- Oh Those Religious Symbols
- What did Golgotha and the Tomb look like?
- The Great Troubadours and their Albums
- A Treat without a Trick on All Hallow's Eve-- the James Ossuary Rises from the Dead
- An Unbearable Ministry
- Dr. James Howell on the Divisive Issue of Abortion
- 'Appaloosa': Wild Horses Couldn't Keep Me Away
- AND NOW FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT
- BW3 ON CNN ON THE GABRIEL STONE
- Jesus as the Unifier of the Bible
- Ephesos at Night
- The Freedom of God and the Free Will of Human Beings
- Guitar Heroes in Rock n' Roll Heaven
- Reeling in the Years--- My ten Favorite Live Rock Concerts
- PICTURES WORTH SEVERAL WORDS
- The Death and Resurrection of Messiah--- written in stone.
- A Pastoral Yogi-ism of the Day
- Your Quicky Tour of Biblically Relevant Empires
- 'Leatherheads'--A Barrel of Fun
- A Three D Jesus in a High Def World
- Recently Appearing on a Post Office Wall
- 'The Glory=Salvation of God'-- 'All Flesh will see it Together'
- Star of Wonder
- The Music of North Carolina
- Memo to Mr. Osteen from John Wesley
- Just in Time for All Hallow's Eve-- Ezekiel's Skeleton People Show Up
- The Truth about Cats and Dogs
- Religion in the News--- God gets Sued!!
- The Light of the World
- The New 'Answers in Genesis' New Testament-- Children's Edition
- 'Hairspray'-- Another Hare Brained Musical?
- Where's Your Bath-- Sheba?
- TOMMY THE ATHEIST'S TESTIMONY-- A TRUE TALE
- Hermeneutics-- A Guide for Perplexed Bible Readers
- Fire and Ice
- Ignorance is Bliss? Biblical Illiteracy in the West
- 'Rescue Dawn"-- or Having a Laosy Time
- The Virtual Church on the Rise
- Good News for Southern Baptists (by Brian McLaren)
- For Whites Only: Things to Consider When Entering the Race Conversation (by Sondra Shepley)
- Remember
- Traveling Mercies
- Writers write
- Providing a Safe Harbor
- The First Points of Light Award
- Familiar customs and limited means
- The promised peace
- Falling off my horse
- Communication: I don't understand it
- The Best of Times/The Worst of Times Part 1
- Caught on tape
- Real Life is Full of Laughter--a poem by S Demeree
- Meeting a need
- When I was rich
- God is forgiving--a sermon
- Learning the names of Jesus' disciples made easy
- Shallowland
- Shut the door
- AAIDD looking for editor for new publication
- Tension versus flexibility
- The Bible is true, even if I don't believe it
- The smile of a saint
- Learning to learn--Part 1
- Broken Days
- Learning to pace ourselves
- Repentance? Is it still needed?
- Changing the world
- A Savior for all people
- Coming Home
- Doing a daily
- A Thanksgiving value: Enjoying the journey
- God's Post-it Notes
- The face of encouragement
- The Problem with Herman Cain
- Tribute to a friend
- The World's Most Important Day
- A great day
- We are not born rude
- Wild Hogs and Wolf Wars
- Humor from people who minister within the disability community
- Dress shirt and tie
- David Wilkerson and you
- Stare Time
- A nickel for ten
- Gleaning from leaders--Part 3
- Gleaning from leaders--Part 2
- Mocking vs glorification
- An enduring promise
- Who's my customer?
- Turning Lemons into Lemonade Part 2
- Trucks and hard-working young men
- Where are they?
- Theme Park in the making--Noah's Ark
- TMI
- Prayer for Burundi
- Less is more
- Popeye's Lessons in Leadership
- Eliminating stress-sing a song
- Leadership: Courage to stand
- Forgiveness
- Getting tough with me
- Loving the seasons
- The Fingerprint of God
- Boat found that dates to Jesus' time
- Fact or fiction
- From a child to a mother
- Eliminating Stress--Meditation
- Eliminating Stress--Daily Exercise
- Welcome to our home
- Becoming Happier: Can Happen For Anyone!
- Becoming Happier: One Tip for Today
- Becoming Happier: Be Yourself (no exceptions!)
- Easter's Challenge to Empire (by N.T. Wright)
- Hardcore Dharma does not exist.
- Hardcore Dharma is Good Enough, Smart Enough and People Seem to Like It.
- Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and Celebrity Death Culture
- Is all life created equal? In memorial to two Deep Ecology Movement leaders
- I'll Have One Order of Buddhism, Hold the Enlightenment
- Meditation for Caregivers: Stress, Fear and Lovingkindness
- JD Salinger sues JD California for Phony Sequel to Catcher in the Rye
- Mindful wedding planning part two: Ceremony reading
- Hardcore Dharma Summer Session: Give Gold, Be Merciful, Just Do it. But Not All At Once.
- Hardcore Dharma Week 10: Who Was the First Meditator, or Cave Paintings Rock
- Finding Fearlessness in Fearful Times
- You are not your khakis
- 2-D Love?
- What would Sid do? I'm insecure in my relationship...
- Obama's Cairo Speech
- North Korea Threatens US - What if they nuke us?
- Podcast: Reflections on 21st Century Dharma with Ethan Nichtern, Julia May Jonas and The Buddhist Geeks
- Monday Night Heartcore Dharma: Karma and Bodhisattvas & Ice Cream
- Dalai Lama in Memphis: Fist Bump is the New Namaste
- Committee Awards Barack Obama Nobel Peace Prize for 2009: First Sitting President Since Woodrow Wilson To Win
- The ultimate truth is fearless
- Health Care Reform: An Animated Video That Breaks It Down
- Greening our amusement (parks)
- Dharma Literature: Reincarnation, Karma, and Ken Grimwood's "Replay"
- Dharma Philosophy: Emerson's "Circles"
- Followers of Thich Nhat Hanh Face Trouble in Vietnam
- Buddhism For Dummies - I Don't Think So
- Buddhism is Not A Religion Pt. 1: Buddhists on a Plane
- Buddhism is Not a Religion: The God Problem
- What do you read Hardcore Dharma? Words, words words.
- Shopping For a Spiritual Practice - Insight Meditation Retreat
- Secularizing Buddhism--Making it Accessible or Stripping the Roots?
- Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2009: What Would Jesus Buy? Heifer International?
- Buddhism is Not a Religion Part 5: Why I Sit
- The Charter for Compassion: Karen Armstrong's Vision
- Heartcore Dharma: Always (and Only) Be Cheerful
- Why We Meditate: Because Alan Grayson, Kanye West, and Joe Wilson Don't (Yet?)
- What would Sid do: 7 steps that make for a "good Buddhist"
- The Buddha at Work: The Six Perfections of Highly Effective People
- The Balloon Boy Story: Suffering Exemplified
- The Buddha at Work: Right Speech in the Movie Business
- Thich Nhat Hanh Day 2: Nourish Obama and Eat Mindfully
- Obama, The Dalai Lama, and The GOP: Are Republicans the Defenders of Tibet and Human Rights?
- Propaganda flashback - The US Government wants YOU to conserve
- What's Your Story?
- Would Sid own a gun?
- The Buddha at Work - "To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."
- Podcast: "Composting Desire" with Ethan Nichtern
- Podcast: Interview with Darren Littlejohn
- iPhone as Dharma Teacher
- IDP Radio - Meditation and Consumption
- No Impact Day 1 : Consumption
- Hallucinogens, Psychology and Mysticism
- No Impact Day 4: Food!
- Peace Peace
- The Speech Obama Should Give About Health Insurance Reform
- The Buddha at Work - Notes from Mali on Practice
- Tiger Woods, Buddhism, The Sermon on the Mount, Basic Goodness, and Compassion: "Judge not, that ye be not judged."
- Stop Wasting Time and Start Meditating
- The Monkey and The Box
- The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom (movie review)
- Would Sid resolve to lose weight for the new year?
- "Abandon what is unwholesome...!" Sharon Salzberg at IDP
- On Staying Motivated
- What the Buddha Taught: SuttaCentral
- A History of Mindfulness
- Skinned alive
- In Search of Lost Time: Attending to Distraction and the Meaning of Mindful
- The jury-rigged, symphonic human brain
- The Practice of Finding Space
- There's a Whole Lot of Earwax on These Fingers
- Week 1: Hardcore Dharma is a Go
- Thank you internet
- Dharma Poetry: Mark Strand
- Hardcore Dharma Week 7: Sharon Salzberg Rocks the House!
- Buddha of the Month
- Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings July 13 & Buddha of the Week
- Dharma Art: Michelle Provenzano's "The 3 Yanas"
- Reproducing the status quo: "The Disadvantages of an Elite Education"
- that "heat of the moment" moment, and other thoughts on anger
- East Coast vs. West Coast
- Discuss the Integral Activism Meeting before it happens. Right here. Right now.
- Integral Activism - the "I", the "you and I", and the "we"
- Casual Sex on the Buddhist Path?
- Wants and Needs, Part II
- Tuesday linkage
- What I Read This Weekend
- More boredom, please!
- Plastic Bags in Trees, a guest post by Melanie Einzig
- I Contain Multitudes: Part II
- New York in Black & White
- The Bag Monster Says...
- Happy first day of summer!
- Happy Juneteenth, everyone
- Krugman vs. Obama - Paul's Got Brass Knuckles
- Five Thoughts To Combat A Sour Mood on Sunday Night
- Kid Questions
- Political Musings and an Irish Guy Named Pat
- Tortilla voyeur: my adventures in the Wertheim Study
- Can you Levitate?
- Grocery Stores and the GOP
- Andrew Sullivan on Blogging
- 1491
- Cultivating Courage
- Back to the Isolation Tank?
- Back to the Sack: Does banning plastic bags lose American jobs?
- Hardcore Dharma: The Birth of the Cool
- Soothing Videos for Ya'll
- A Truly Black Friday
- Assessing the Real New Year
- Dada: absurd genius, or Buddhist kryptonite?
- Movie Review (and Book Recommendation): The Wackness and The Cure for Grief
- Once More Unto the Breach, Dear...Teeth...
- Truth and Reality
- Politrix in Brooklyn: my adventures with the New Kings Democrats
- New Integral Activism Memo
- We're now on Twitter
- Reality TV: Still Annoying
- Podcast: "Crushed By Love" with Purna Steinitz Pt.2
- A month of Responsible Consumption practice
- Holy Moses!
- Integral Activism Sunday - pix!
- Hardcore Dharma: The 12 Nidanas
- Obama and immigration reform
- Empty Words on Arlen Specter
- Dharma in Poetry
- Picking on Shambhala Sun
- Understanding The Eye
- You Are George Bush
- Now on your iPhone...Augmented Reality!
- This Week on the I.D. Project Podcast: Dr. Miles Neale Pt. 2
- The Buddhist and the Banker: A Love Story
- Keep Your Enemies Close, and Your Near Enemies Closer
- Heard in One City
- Pema Chodron Gets Props on the Front Page of NYTimes.com
- Photography: Meditation Action Direct (Sort Of)
- Desiring Desire
- Escalators and Perforation: The Dharma of Nicholson Baker
- Eight years later and a whole new set of hopes
- Hardcore Dharma Says it With Suttas
- Hat's off, Sen. Schneiderman
- Buddha of the Week!
- Emptiness and Wallace Stevens
- This is Unbelievable
- "Protect the Earth" by, er, trashing it
- Whatâs wrong with just recycling?
- Wrathful Compassion or Act of Aggression?
- Buddhism and Battlestar
- Asking ourselves questions
- Planet Slayer and The Lorax
- REPOST: Ponytail "Beg Waves"
- Impermanence in Action: Economy Edition
- The Wheels on the Bus Go...Oh, Hell No
- Weekly Dedication of Merit: Steven Strogatz
- Research Reveals Key to Good Leadership
- 20 Indirect Ways You Could Be Punishing Yourself
- How To Get Out Of Jury Duty (Ethically)
- Mooching Off Your Parents: An Adult Child's Perspective
- Who's Your Most Inspiring Person of 2009?
- New Years Resolutions: Are We Lying to Ourselves?
- How Do You Complain - Gracefully?
- Smoking: When Do I Say Something?
- Losing The Halloween Spirit: Trick Or... Hide From The Kiddies?
- Friday Failure: Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should
- Judge Not... Or Not?
- Rat Stuck In NYC Sidewalk Creates Quite A Moral Kerfuffle
- A Dignified Opinion
- Assisted Suicide Tourism: A One-Way Trip With A Whole Lotta Baggage
- Porn Star Wife: Awesome or a Breach of Ethics?
- Racism -- Not as Important as Healthcare!?!
- Erin Andrews Peephole Video: Are Gawkers Getting What They Deserve?
- Is the Lottery Ethical?
- Swine Flu Ethics ?!?
- Carrie Prejean--Role Model or Rogue Model?
- A Bernie Madoff Schadenfreude Story
- Iran and North Korea In the News: Does Caring Oblige Us To Take a Stand?
- Facebook: Is It OK to "Friend" An Old Flame?
- Leann Rimes Stalks Eddie Cibrian...So They Say
- Charity in the Workplace: Unethical or Simply Inappropriate?
- ABC's "Cougar Town" Begs The Question: Are Cougars Victimless Predators?
- Friends And Money: An Uneasy Mix
- Grist For The Mill: Knowing Male Chicks Are Tossed Alive Into Grinders, Will You Still Eat Eggs?
- Child Adopted Then Returned: Did Anita Tedaldi Do The Right Thing?
- Dirty Laundry: An Open Letter to the Laundry Room Goniff
- Failure Friday: Whining 101
- Anne Heche: Great Example of the Grown-Up Bully
- World's Oldest "New" Mother Dead at 69
- What-If Wednesday: Catching a Coworker in a Lie
- Unsolicited Advice from a Stranger: Creep or Good Samaritan?
- Is the Burqini Unethical, or is Banning It?
- How NOT To Behave At A Funeral: Ryan O'Neal Hits On Daughter Tatum At Farrah Fawcett's Grave
- Five Years of War: A Call to Lament and Repent (by Michael Sherrard)
- Rumblings from the New Baptist Covenant (by Tony Campolo)
- Bible Resource Spotlight: Illustrated Life of Paul
- Matthew 5:17-20; The Fulfillment of the Law (Bible Difficulties)
- Bible Resource Spotlight: A Visual Guide to Gospel Events
- Matthew 5:33-37; Oaths (Bible Difficulties)
- Matthew 5:17-20; The Fulfillment of the Law (Theological Commentary)
- Matthew 2:19-23; The Return to Nazareth (Geographical Backgrounds)
- Bible Resource Spotlight: The MacArthur Study Bible
- Matthew 3:1-12; John the Baptist Prepares the Way (Symbolism)
- Matthew 3:1-12; John the Baptist Prepares the Way (Personality and Character Studies)
- Matthew 4:1-11; The Temptation of Jesus (Bible Difficulties)
- Matthew 3:13-17; The Baptism of Jesus (Symbolism)
- Matthew 9:14-17; Jesus Questioned About Fasting (Symbolism)
- Matthew 8:23-27; Jesus Calms the Storm (Historical Backgrounds)
- Matthew 8:23-27; Jesus Calms the Storm (Word Study)
- Bible Resource Spotlight: God in Slow Motion
- Bible Resource Spotlight: How God Became Jesus
- Bible Resource Spotlight: Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Thessalonians
- Matthew 6:5-15; Prayer (Word Study)
- Matthew 6:25-34; Do Not Worry (Word Study)
- Matthew 6:16-18; Fasting (Symbolism)
- Matthew 6:1-4; Giving to the Needy (Historical Backgrounds)
- Matthew 8:14-17; Jesus Heals Many (Cultural Commentary)
- Matthew 8:5-13; The Faith of the Centurion (Historical Backgrounds)
- Matthew 7:24-29; The Wise and Foolish Builders (Theological Commentary)
- Repentance Means a New Direction (by Jim Wallis)
- The Faith of Our Founders (by Steven Waldman)
- Verse of the Day: Peaceful Habitation
- attachment, or the paperclip and the coffee
- 9 Original Places To Meet Men
- MLK and LBJ: Movements and Politicians (by Jim Wallis)
- living what's to hand, or, dinner as a metaphor
- self vs others, or, if I love myself enough
- Coming up: Oprah's interview with Buddhist monk & Nobel Prize nominee Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Other paths: Thích Nhất Hạnh speaks with Oprah about possible lives ~
- inferiority complexes, and the wince of worry
- Interview with John Sayles on Religion, Race, and Rock and Roll (by Becky Garrison)
- The Limits of Pollsters, Pundits and, Yes, Politics (by Jim Wallis)
- The Power of Change (by Jim Wallis)
- wanted: the perfect house to become a home
- when people you love hurt
- pebbles, weeks, and mortality
- laundry and blackberry pie
- silver linings
- another day, another tragedy...?
- tradition(s)
- talking, listening, and pretending to engage
- simplify
- a surefire cure for the blues
- planting my own Farmer's Market
- moving toward light: opening up and letting go
- yearly checkups
- you and me and the dirt and the ocean and all the rest of it
- day 23 of Thanksgiving month: soundtracks
- day 26 in a month of Thanksgiving: cranberries, turkey, and pie...oh my!
- giving thanks #3
- a bardo for Richard
- throwback Thursday (the anniversary version)
- buckwheat cornbread and learning
- more wonderings about (today's) Puritans, and a broken education system
- life's windows and thresholds
- spring, and the promise of a fresh start
- quilts, teapots, and living day by day
- Happy Birthday, Mom
- the vulnerability of grace
- starlings and house wrens and feeding the hungry
- National Poetry Month, and so what?
- the dark threads, reprised
- the family you have, the family you choose
- catching up on poetry
- parenting as practice, or, mother as social justice warrior
- patience
- talking to strangers
- packing, getting ready, and what counts as fun
- just add water: swimming with little fishes
- dreaming of houses
- the Buddha was a teacher
- what we do for love
- what you do comes back to you
- time travel
- time and healing
- where memories live
- crowd-sourcing and 'no' as a learning tool
- coherence of the heart
- daffodils and drowsy spring
- friends with tea (pots) and books and music and...
- a miracle of starlings
- when Buddhism and Christianity were THIS close
- form, poetry, and the empty cup
- poetry, structure, and creative beginner's heart
- the impact of 'thoughtlessness' (and the importance of teachers)
- day #25 of National Poetry Month ~
- Dharma Day ~
- nieces, & soulless bastards ~
- letting go, tonglen, and what we can't fix ~
- three-step practice ~
- the love of a teacher ~
- the 28th day of Thanksgiving month (vertigo & other blessings) ~
- the middle of Thanksgiving ~
- time & transience ~
- here's to the sounds of music ~
- time -- that queen of bees -- flies ~
- heroines, news and if a tree falls...
- mermaids, furries and other dreamers ~
- fireworks, patriotism & the Fourth of July ~
- weddings and dreams ~
- the history book in the seat next to me ~
- Ramadan ~
- The Dalai Lama, bin Laden and forgiveness ~
- the mindfulness of tea ~
- a moment in the rock'n'roll sun ~
- becoming an elder ~
- listening
- Yes, America, there IS a rape culture
- meditation and sons and technology
- saving wasps, and other unloved creatures
- small breakthroughs
- 30 Days of Love: faith and social justice
- 30 Days of Love: a military tradition of service, and what we owe
- 30 Days of Love: drawing birds, getting it wrong, and compassion vs. love
- tea with Grandmother (and others)
- axe handles, poetry, aging...beginner's heart...
- 30 Days of Love: or, why would we want to be multicultural?
- making your own space ~
- laps, luxuries, love -
- The grandson is coming! or, adventures in family life -
- Buddhist prayers, invocations, and tachyons...
- cloudy days and keeping busy
- rescuing bees, even one by one
- mouthy middle-aged white chicks...
- accents, stereotypes, and get over it
- All Hallows' E'en
- apex predators & the bigger picture ~
- the gratitude journal ~
- phosphate-free dishwashing detergent and post-holiday clarity ~
- mind poisons, anger, & desire ~
- woodpeckers and beginner's heart ~
- my mother's music, Mother's Day, & Buddha nature ~
- just a tree like any other ~
- crabby days & family miracles (of the small, beginning kind) ~
- take one poem & call me in the morning ~
- suffer the little children... or, the consequences to bullying ~
- what art has to do with it ~
- sportsmanship, homeruns, and infinite good ~
- Verse of the Day: 'neither shall they learn war any more'
- Two Fundamental Shifts (by Jim Wallis)
- Verse of the Day: 'I will pour my Spirt'
- A Cure for Burnouts (by Tony Campolo)
- Amens and Amendments to Rich Nathan's Israel Sermon (by Deanna Murshed)
- Voice of the Day: Storey On Love and Forgiveness
- Voice of the Day: On Blessings
- The Five Secrets of a Happy Marriage
- Secret Two of a Happy Marriage: Meet Each Other's Needs
- Sunday Inspiration #76
- 10 Simple Ways to Get Happy
- 12 Little Things that Make a Big Difference
- The Secret to Lasting Love
- Go Ahead – Set the World on Fire
- How to Feel Good on the Inside
- How to Find Everyday Inspiration
- Free to Be
- Sunday Inspiration #57
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- Sunday Inspiration #55
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- 10 Goals for the World to Achieve in 2015
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