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March 2016

March 18, 2016

We Choose the God We Worship

By Gregory I recently engaged in a lengthy, but civil and illuminating online discussion concerning...

March 18, 2016

Awe as a Way to God

By Gregory Too often, the cart is put before the horse – the question “do...

March 18, 2016

God – A Personal Decision

By Gregory In previous posts, I’ve discussed how I find most mainstream views on God...

March 18, 2016

Only Half the Matter

By Gregory Many of us have read the work of the New Atheists or encountered...

March 18, 2016

Awakenings – Standing at Sinai – Part III

By Gregory Have you ever endured an extended period of turmoil or put up with...

March 18, 2016

The Choosing People – Standing at Sinai -Part II

By Gregory Rabbi and scholar, Arthur Green makes a fascinating claim in his book, Radical...

March 18, 2016

Standing at Sinai

By Gregory A central Jewish-Christian myth is the giving of the Covenant at Mt. Sinai,...

March 18, 2016

Myths about the Natural Law

By Gregory The notion of Natural Law or more specifically, the Natural Moral Law gets...

March 18, 2016

Same Religion – Different Outcomes

By Gregory Genuine religion and a genuine engagement of such, in theory, should be transformative...

March 18, 2016

Religion as Art

By Gregory I’ve been getting a lot of intellectual mileage out of thinking about religion...

March 18, 2016

Religious Building Blocks

By Gregory It seems to me that all the world’s great religious traditions have similar...

March 18, 2016

Interfaith Friends

By Gregory My social world looks like it went through a theological blender. When I...

March 18, 2016

Judaism and Idolatry

By Gregory One way of understanding Judaism is to see it as a vibrant, dialectical...

March 18, 2016

Thoughts on the Human Condition

By Gregory I’m interested in engaging others concerning their views on Original Sin, the human...

March 18, 2016

The Jewish Narrative

By Gregory A few of my recent posts have dealt with the notion of narrative...

March 18, 2016

Conviction, Trust, & Humility

By Gregory Anyone who engages in conversations about theology or spirituality has most likely had...

March 18, 2016

Moving Beyond Myopia – Why Bother?

by Gregory The following conversation begins with some reflections on today’s Jewish trends, but I...

March 18, 2016

Spiritual Impulses & Tradition

by Gregory When someone asks you to explain your spirituality, where do you start? How...

March 18, 2016

Open Minded Appreciation – Not Relativism

By Gregory I am occasionally accused of being a religious relativist. I see value in...

March 18, 2016

Jewish Notions of Social Justice

by Gregory Principles don’t immediately lead to policy, but they do offer guidelines for crafting...

March 18, 2016

A Prayer of Interconnectedness

By Gregory Sh'ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad The Shema is the central prayer of Judaism...

March 18, 2016

Wisdom & Story

By Gregory Wisdom People receive and shape their worldview in relationship to others, in community,...

March 18, 2016

Nature & Spirituality

By Gregory The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out,...

March 18, 2016

Judaism 101 for Christians

By Gregory Despite serving as the foundation for Christianity, Judaism is generally not well understood...

March 18, 2016

A Hidden God?

By Gregory I do not think that raising questions about fundamental religious convictions should be...

March 18, 2016

Let’s talk about truth

By Gregory Religious conversations tend to be peppered with talk of “the truth”, sometimes written...

March 14, 2016

RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALS

By Gregory I’ve found that when I engage others theologically, it’s usually helpful to have...

March 14, 2016

GOD & MEANING

By Gregory Religion, as the Latin root word implies, is a tying together, a binding...

March 14, 2016

MORALITY – 100% NATURAL

By Gregory Ethical Thinking Ethics (or morality, I use the terms synonymously) – is essentially...

March 14, 2016

UNDERSTANDING RELIGION

By Gregory Human beings have always been religious – there is something about being human...