Reciprocity
The Kingdom of God is built on love. So I’m still listening to Emotional Awareness, which is a dialog between the Dalai Lama and Paul Eckman. It’s a fascinating dialog for geeks but I love it. In it, Eckman and His Holiness explore the nature of reciprocity, or the idea that any structure we create for ethics is only validated …
The Only Constant Is Change
Where is God calling you to let go? A friend of mine recently retweeted the following, the first part of which I’ve heard many times. “The only constant is change. When I submit to that reality, creativity and passion float to the surface.” And the comment made me think about the nature of change embedded into the universe. God didn’t …
Buddhism’s Commitment To Reality
What do you do when the story you’ve been told no longer jibes with your understanding of reality? One of the central tensions I ran into while writing Discovering The God Imagination, was the confrontation with the traditional stories that informed my understanding of the Gospel. I had reached a point where I could no long live with the “traditional” …
Is Christianity A System Of Belief?
Earlier today I posted about Peter Senge, who said: “I think it’s because Buddhism presents itself as a way of life, and Christianity presents itself as a system of belief.” I posted it because in many ways it caught my attention. Sometimes perception is reality. We read Christianity primarily through the lens of belief as opposed to a way of …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
Len Hjalmarson quotes Brian McLaren and Peter Senge. “Why are books on Buddhism so popular, and not books on Christianity?” Brian, feeling somewhat on the spot, pushed the question back to Senge. Senge suggested his own answer: “I think it’s because Buddhism presents itself as a way of life, and Christianity presents itself as a system of belief. So I …
