http://www.interfaithings.org/Blog To enter into respectful dialog with adherents of other religious world views. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:55:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been listening to the Awakening The Impulse To Evolve conversations at: EvolutionarySpirituality.com. I am greatly encouraged that there are many of us exploring this evolutionary edge. Humanity is evolving. Can we grow to be the critical mass that is needed to breakthrough? Will we do it in time? ... http://www.interfaithings.org/Blog/?p=9 Do not all spiritual traditions attempt to teach us how to live in community with each other? The older traditions include teachings that help us live in harmony with the earth and other life forms as well. Driving truck over the road through the heartland I see brushland where there ... http://www.interfaithings.org/Blog/?p=7             In Homer's Odyssey, one of the tribulations Odysseus must confront and over which he must prevail, as he pursues his heroic attempt to return home, involves steering his ship through the strait of Messina on the northeast coast of Sicily. Bordering this narrow strait on one side is Charybdis, ... http://www.interfaithings.org/Blog/?p=5 Our planetary situation demands that we totally refocus our human values. As we continue to strive for the necessities of life we are faced with the stark reality that the way we have been going about this is not sustainable. Conquistador, missionary, dominator, imperialist, capitalistic practices will kill us all, ... http://www.interfaithings.org/Blog/?p=4 Demons and creativity don't mix. I am using demon to point at that which we deify as an irresistible force sabotaging our best intentions. Some of my demons are victimhood, obstacles, Sisyphus, fear of intimacy and self loathing. I look at global warming and the domineering mindset of much of ... http://www.interfaithings.org/Blog/?p=3 (Minnesota Council of Churches, Saint Paul Council of Churches, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, Twin Cities Interfaith Network, Saint Paul Interfaith Network, Interfaith Bridging Initiative etc.) Opening Conference: The Blessing of Controversy in Interfaith Work I (October 12, 19) Participants: Circle workers willing to ground these breakouts and clergy and interfaith workers ... http://www.interfaithings.org/Blog/?p=1