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2012-09-13T10:38:08-04:00

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The problem is not religion or extremism — it’s hate

Last updated on: September 13, 2012 at 10:38 am By Phil Fox Rose

Religion is not the problem here. Both religions involved, at their cores, teach love and unity. Extremism is not the problem. Extremists for love, extremists for fairness, extremists against prejudice, are fine. The problem is hate and division. Both Jones and some Islamic militants believe it's us vs. them; they see their opponents are evil and less than human. That is the issue... Read more

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2013-10-17T14:40:24-04:00

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6 Tools to Maintain Your Spiritual Condition

Last updated on: October 17, 2013 at 2:40 pm By Phil Fox Rose

Here are 6 spiritual tools to help you maintain your spiritual fitness in the face of life's many challenges and distractions. Read more

2012-09-10T15:04:54-04:00

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Millennials want hope not complaining in politics and faith

Last updated on: September 10, 2012 at 3:04 pm By Phil Fox Rose

In America the winning presidential candidate is usually the one whose party has a more optimistic tone. While this may be a well-tested axiom, I think it's especially relevant today. The messages of exclusion and pessimism coming out of the Catholic Church, some mainline Protestant organizations and other conservative religious leaderships, like those from the Republican convention, are more than a turn-off to Millenials, in fact; they are a deal breaker. What is striking after watching both conventions is how the locations of hope and crankiness have flipped in recent years. The Democrats are now the party of optimism. I say this not as a partisan move, but as a frustrated observation. I believe this country would be far better served by two optimistic parties, with differing views but shared goals. Read more

Politics

2012-09-17T16:31:03-04:00

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Spiritual Recovery

Last updated on: September 17, 2012 at 4:31 pm By Phil Fox Rose

If you are an alcoholic or addict, being spiritually unfit can be fatal. If not literally fatal then, as in my case, a living death. One definition of Hell is being alive and active in this world, feeling separated from God. And I spent years there. I could easily explain my own alcoholism by pointing to genetics and circumstances; but the root cause is spiritual — that God-shaped hole, that feeling of brokenness and alienation I was trying to assuage. I've met other alcoholics who had no obvious "causes" but I think we all share a spiritual longing. Carl Jung wrote to Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill Wilson that "craving for alcohol" is "the equivalent on a low level of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness," famously concluding the letter "spiritus contra spiritum" — the Spirit against spirits. Read more

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2013-05-02T09:46:32-04:00

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Okonomiyaki and connecting through music

Last updated on: May 2, 2013 at 9:46 am By Phil Fox Rose

Music makes connections like no other art form, at least for me. Getting a late dinner of okonomiyaki (a Japanese savory pancake) at Otafuku, a take-out place in my neighborhood, I hear a track I don't know, but I think I recognize the groove. "Is that Krush?" I ask. (I used to spin DJ Krush a lot when I had a downtempo radio show.) "Yeah," says the cook/manager with a surprised smile and we end up talking about Krush and Spooky and Shadow for half an hour, while he shares some of his favorite tracks with me off his iPod over the store's stereo... Read more

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2012-08-28T10:04:21-04:00

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Radical Honesty

Last updated on: August 28, 2012 at 10:04 am By Phil Fox Rose

How honest are you? While most of us consider honesty a virtue, few of us adhere to it without question. What if we really attempted to live out the challenge to let our 'yes' mean yes and our 'no' mean no? Is that even the right thing to do? Take a walk through the what it means to be honest, with teachings of St. Augustine, the Dalai Lama, Scott Peck and others. Read more

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2012-08-27T12:00:27-04:00

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Spiritual psychology gains cred with first Ivy League Masters degree

Last updated on: August 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm By Phil Fox Rose

Columbia University’s clinical psychology department has recently introduced a master’s concentration in spiritual psychology, giving the field greater mainstream credibility. Should psychological study and psychotherapy maintain a scientific distance from spirituality, or is that a disservice to both? Have you had good or bad experiences seeing a spiritually-oriented therapist? Or an anti-religious one? I'm still developing my views on this. My impulse is to embrace all of it, but are there problems I'm not foreseeing? What do you think? Read more

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2012-09-10T14:14:16-04:00

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What kind of society do we want to be? — Looking back at Mario Cuomo’s 1984 “covered wagon” speech

Last updated on: September 10, 2012 at 2:14 pm By Phil Fox Rose

Coming out of the morass of the 70s, with its failed socialistic projects and broken economy, Jack Kemp, mentor to Paul Ryan, touted programs that encouraged excellence. Kemp was a hero in my home growing up -- supply side economics made the plausible promise of lifting up all boats, rich and poor, by growing the economy, and Jack Kemp's heart was totally in the right place. By 1984 in New York, while most of the nation was celebrating the economic boom, grateful for a chance to be optimistic, I saw that it was not really working -- I saw the out-of-control homelessness and the rising anxiety of the lower working class and poor. This, for me, began a lengthy period outside the two-party system. But, there was a Democratic leader who warned the rising tide was not lifting all boats. He saw the growing income disparity and those left behind. I wasn't paying much attention because I'd already given up on the Democrats, but while his party presented the lackluster Walter Mondale as a hopeless counter to Reagan's second term bid, then-New York governor and presumptive future Presidential candidate Mario Cuomo's convention keynote address offered a more inspiring alternative. The other day, a friend reminded me of this speech, and pointed out how much of it applies once again. Read more

Politics

2012-09-10T14:14:26-04:00

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Paul Ryan, subsidiarity and the safety net

Last updated on: September 10, 2012 at 2:14 pm By Phil Fox Rose

Paul Ryan has inserted the obscure term "subsidiarity" into the public conversation as justification for, among other things, cutting food stamps. Catholics can disagree about how the concept applies to individual circumstances, of course, and he's got good points, but I want to dip into the conversation that has been going on for over a century within the Catholic Church to show what is generally understood about it, and how, I believe, Paul Ryan is abusing it. Read more

Politics

2013-05-02T09:46:53-04:00

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Re: The Busy Trap

Last updated on: May 2, 2013 at 9:46 am By Phil Fox Rose

This plague of busyness is a First World problem in the extreme. Living a less materialistic life may seem like a radical idea for advanced spiritual types, but that's only because it’s so out of step with our prevailing culture today. In the future, folks will wonder why we burnt ourselves out like this. Read more

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