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2021-11-21T09:06:14-08:00

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GIVING THANKS: A Meditation for an Antifa Sunday

Last updated on: November 21, 2021 at 9:06 am By James Ford

GIVING THANKS A Meditation for an Antifa Sunday James Ishmael Ford First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles 21 November 2021 I began an earlier draft for today’s message with a litany listing the many wrongs with this world on display just this past week. It began with Kyle Rittenhouse and ran for about three hundred words. There was a second draft with an even longer list. It’s easy to compile these things pretty much any... Read more

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2021-11-20T09:33:48-08:00

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Leo Tolstoy’s Buddhist Christian Mashup

Last updated on: November 20, 2021 at 9:33 am By James Ford

Leo Tolstoy died on this day, the 20th of November, in 1910. He is one of those complicated figures, difficult, and yet shining with might be called the harsh light of the divine. In his Confession and Other Religious Writings, he offers something I’ve found an absolute delight. It’s sort of a mashup of Christian and Buddhist wisdom. At least as I read it… “There is an old Eastern fable about a traveler who is taken unawares... Read more

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2021-11-19T06:41:40-08:00

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Syllable & Sound: A Small Meditation on Zen’s Great Middle Way

Last updated on: November 19, 2021 at 6:41 am By James Ford

In the Record of Zhaozhou there’s a lovely conversation. Once when still studying with his master Zhaozhou asked Nanquan, “Mind is not Buddha; knowing is not the way. Is this correct or not? Naquan replied, “It is not correct.” Zhaozhou continued, “Then what is my error? I’m desperate to understand.” Nanquan replied, “Mind is not Buddha; knowing is not the way.” A classic Zen response. And it easy is to see it as one more opaque... Read more

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2021-11-15T09:27:50-08:00

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The Four Bodhisattva Vows

Last updated on: November 15, 2021 at 9:27 am By James Ford

An old friend asked why I consider the Four Bodhsattva Vows so important, and why I feel it a good thing to recite them daily. To me the four vows are important because they remind me that the intimate way involves all of us. I love the inside joke that we cannot actually achieve liberation without everyone coming along, and at the same time that victory was won before the creation of the stars and planets. For... Read more

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2023-11-17T07:07:40-08:00

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Recalling Hilda of Whitby, the Saint with the Crozier

Last updated on: November 17, 2023 at 7:07 am By James Ford

Today, the 17th of November is marked out as a feast in honor of Hilda, in some records Hild, of Whitby. She counts among my favorite Christian saints. Her feast is observed in the Roman, the Orthodox, and Anglican communions. The precise date of her birth is unknown, but she lived and flourished in the seventh century. Hilda was the abbess of several monastic communities, most notably Whitby. She was a singular figure, leading a mixed community... Read more

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2022-05-13T09:12:36-07:00

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A Small Appreciation of Alan Watts

Last updated on: May 13, 2022 at 9:12 am By James Ford

It was on this day, the 16th of November, in 1973, that Alan Watts, self-described “spiritual entertainer,” who might have been characterized as a “stand up philosopher,” raconteur, teacher, and notorious libertine, died. He was fifty-eight years old. Rushing on half a century later, the ripples of influence from his life have nowhere near stilled. Watts is an important figure in my life. And, more important I think he stands as a significant figure in the meeting... Read more

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2021-11-15T07:42:16-08:00

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WHAT REMAINS: The Bishop reflects on Krazy Kat, the Heart Sutra, and the Nature of Love

Last updated on: November 15, 2021 at 7:42 am By James Ford

Some days its not possible to hate the world. For instance, the other day one of my favorite people whom I do not know but thanks to Facebook feel I do, Seraphim Sigrist, offered a small reflection on a Krazy Kat cartoon. This tickled me for many reasons, but four principally. First, I love Krazy Kat. If you’re not familiar with the strip George Herriman developed the character Krazy Kat in 1910 for the strip the Dingbat... Read more

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2021-11-12T17:28:30-08:00

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Noting When a Dwarf Planet Joins the Family

Last updated on: November 12, 2021 at 5:28 pm By James Ford

It was on this day, the 14th of November, in 2003 that astronomers discovered 90377 Sedna. It’s a dwarf planet. “Dwarf planets” are one of a three-part categorization offered by Alan Stern, one of the premier scientists concerned with the matter. In his scheme there are “classic planets,” “dwarf planets,” and “satellite planets.” While this categorization has some compelling logic behind it, and is in partial use, as yet it is not fully recognized by the International... Read more

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2021-11-12T16:36:06-08:00

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In Pursuit of False Gods: A Small Meditation on the Golden Calf

Last updated on: November 12, 2021 at 4:36 pm By James Ford

I’ve been reflecting a lot on the arc of the spiritual path. It has numerous aspects. There is the principal thread, the cord that pulls us into the depths. But along with it are numerous points about ourselves, strengths, weaknesses. All the things that make us, that stand in the way for us, and that open doors for us. One of those things turns on the question to what do we give our attention. By one definition... Read more

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2021-11-11T17:03:13-08:00

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Noting the Birth of the Unitarian Universalist theologian James Luther Adams

Last updated on: November 11, 2021 at 5:03 pm By James Ford

James Luther Adams is one of the most important figures to appear within Unitarian Universalism in the Twentieth century. I mean to note his birthday every year as it rolls around. Sadly, I’m not as consistent as I would like. What is now many years ago when Jan & I first moved to New England’s rocky and lovely soil, Jan wanted to go to the Cambridge cemetery to put a rose on Henry James’ grave. I... Read more

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