A Story of Jezebel and Radical Acceptance This insight is a sermon shared with Jensen Beach Community Church UCC in Jensen Beach Florida on August 16th 2026 https://jbccucc.org/. The video of the service can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Uv0KzXDMU. Gospel Reading: Matthew 15:21-28 21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and […]
Groucho Marx famously said “I refuse to join any club who would have me as a member.” Of course Groucho Marx, being Jewish, would have been excluded from any number of organizations during most of his lifetime from the late 1800’s to the mid 20th century. Perhaps humor was his way of dealing with the prejudice […]
Why do people scapegoat, target, and bring suffering to vulnerable people and groups? For JCI (Judeo-Christian-Islamic) Theists, why does God allow some people to scapegoat and harm others? Why doesn’t God just sweep in and take out the evildoers? In this sermon, which I shared with Jensen Beach Community Church, those questions and more are […]
Liberation, Love, and Creative Awakening was initially developed for people struggling with addiction, mental health, and relationship issues. Each chapter offers instructions, exercises, and guided meditations designed to increase mindful self-awareness, release challenges that block creative engagement, and cultivate creativity, compassion, and healthy loving relationships. The text draws inspiration from psychology, physical and biological science, […]
As a therapist, I often found myself counseling individuals who had been traumatized as children by “fire and brimstone” theology. This reinforced my aversion to religion being used in a threatening or coercive manner. And yet, sacred scripture from most traditions describe consequences for neglecting vulnerable, poor and needy persons…
You know, both Buddha and Jesus new the truth. Both Abraham and Muhammed pointed the direction to the truth. The path to seeking power and control is doomed to enslavement, suffering, and death, for self and others. The path to compassion for all brings freedom, hope, healing, and reconcilliation, for self and others. It is […]