It’s not just holding ourselves responsible for morally and ethically living up to the expectations of God, but holding ourselves responsible for the God we worship in itself. No one has a spiritual excuse to increase suffering in the world, including God! —Tom F. Shadid What does it mean that we must take responsibility for our […]
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Father, give us courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what cannot be helped,and the insight to know the one from the other.—Reinhold Niebuhr, 1937 Introduction In the quadrune mind model of spiritual consciousness, we state that the purpose of a Human life is to reduce suffering and increase healing, but what does that […]
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them.”—George Bernard Shaw I was driving home when I saw a dead deer lying in the grass on the side of the road. Oklahoma City covers a lot of ground with enough room to be the “home” of […]