Charlie Van Dyke
By Therese J. Borchard
From Beyond Blue

In “Being Perfect,” bestselling author Anna Quindlen advises high school and college graduates to work from a clean slate … to give up on being perfect. I keep the gift book beside my computer (with Miguel Ruiz’s “The Four Agreements” and many other books, information hoarder that I am) as a constant reminde... read more
Julian Colgan
The place of death
Posted May 16, 2012 by Julian Colgan
Every time I die to the alluring traps
of pride filled ignorance,
the great cosmic medicine
of humility nurses me back to life.

Death's snare is right around the corner,
ever waiting to test me
with its determined effort to succeed
in canceling out all of my
spirited determinations to come back to life.

The place of death in my proximal ... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
By Rick Lowery, Ph.D.

As a minister and Bible scholar, I'm proud that the president has publicly endorsed marriage equality.

Some sincere and thoughtful people of faith are not convinced by clinical research suggesting that "sexual orientation" is deeply imbedded in the human psyche and largely beyond conscious control.

Others accept the resear... read more
William Reed
"The Cross"
Posted May 15, 2012 by William Reed in Meditations
“The Cross”

The Cross is the most bearing of gifts,
The Christ Lord Jesus Son of God amidst.
The Cross is the most prevalent of things,
The life and the sovereignty the Lord brings.

The Cross is more than a piece of wood,
The place where our savior was misunderstood.
The Cross brings relevance 2000 years later,
To you, to me because of our c... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
By Sheetal
From Beliefnet

Yesterday, one of my team members at the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) noticed a rather curious omission on Wikipedia’s “Interfaith dialog” page. All the major religions have a section on the page, except for Hinduism! Of course, the beauty of Wikipedia is that someone from HAF can (and will) edit the page with approp... read more
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