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Reflections from the Clergy
Reflections From The Clergy | Tracking What Is True
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How are you doing with keeping track of your life? Do you know where your keys are? Your wallet? Your head? If you answered OK to maybe to yes, you are doing well. In fact, you are great. There is…
Reflections From The Clergy | The Path Through Anger
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I’m angry. I know I am not alone. We are angry. Lots and lots of us are angry. We stayed home. We stayed away from people, including those we love. We wore masks. We worked from home. We took care…
Reflections From The Clergy | Rest as a Radical Act
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Of all the words, experiences and conversations of the past year, the word that resonates the most is depletion. Simply saying, “I feel depleted,” in a phone call or a video meeting results in nods and agreement from across the…
Reflections From The Clergy | Be That Helping Hand In Society
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In order for society to function, we as a community need to work together in all facets of life. Having the ability to be that helping hand for one and all brings balance and stability to a community and its…
Reflections From The Clergy | Division
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We live in a time of partisan and ethnic divide. The causes of this negative phenomena are countless and they cause immeasurable distress in society. Sometimes, the ethnic divide or racism that we harbor is based on our natural biases…
Reflections From A Secular Humanist | Religion and fear
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As a Secular Humanist, I don’t believe in Gods, Satan, heaven, hell, condemnation, salvation, souls, sin, karma, reincarnation, life after death, supernatural beings, inerrant scriptures, miracles, magical thinking or messages from Gods. The virtues of religious people are also found…
Reflections From A Secular Humanist | A Secular Humanist’s View of Happiness
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Are new insights the result of thoughtfulness or impulsiveness? At the end of your life would you rather have achieved maximum happiness or maximum productivity? What causes and sustains your happiness? How much does your happiness add or detract from…
Reflections From A Secular Humanist | Re-evaluating beliefs
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The global pandemic has forced humanity to re-evaluate priorities and core beliefs. What is the role of religion (subjectivity) and reason (objectivity) in response to looming existential threats? Is religion or science a more reliable asset for responding to COVID-19,…
Reflections From The Clergy | Black Lives Matter; A Story Worth Telling
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Inspired by the book “It is not necessary to breathe!” by Ali Ben Jaber Alfaifi We are in Minneapolis, in the United States of America; the land of dreams. The sounds of auto machines, horns, traffic and the hustle and…