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Kevorkian’s Fierce Prophetic Burden
June 10, 2011No Comments
“Time is running out. Your democracy is eroding, your civilization is crumbling and justice disappeared long ago. So you’re very close now to being totally enslaved.” After serving 8 years in prison Dr. Jack Kevorkian expanded the scope of his vision articulated with piercing clarity in the quote above. The Jewish Theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel [...]
Holy Water in Phnom Penh
June 6, 2011No Comments
Inside Khive Thol’s home a few boards separate the single bedroom from the main living space. The corrugated iron roof leaks light onto the dirty floor. But the 60-year-old woman is drinking clean water from the tap. Khive used to boil water from containers she bought from a truck that came around every week. She [...]
“The problem of mass poverty, mass starvation, the mass deaths of children and infants every year from a simple lack of proper nourishment is not normal, is not ‘life’… It is a condition traceable solely and specifically to patriarchal religion.” This analysis is from a thick volume I read in the early 90′s which had [...]
The Age of Everyday Messiahs
March 17, 20112 Comments
Hear this as the Spirit of Freedom that resides richly in the heart of every human soul. “He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of [...]
“2/11 Now Supplants 9/11 as the Narrative of Our Time”
February 18, 2011No Comments
The old wineskins are parched and cracking. 9/11 wine is racid and causes soul sickness. It is time to showcase the new 2/11 wineskins. Let us toast with the elixir of our collective preservation – Egyptian Beaujolais Nouveau!
Mubarak Finally Listens – “Let My People Go!”
February 11, 2011No Comments
I hear the Everlasting assurance from the Timeless Universal Spirit. “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them.”