InkenSoul

Write the World

Oh, the company we keep.

Amnesty International named the United States one of the top five executioners in the world, along with China , Iran , Pakistan , and Saudi Arabia . Does the fact that we’re grouped with these particular countries tell you that we might just be doing something wrong here?

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Enlightenment and Salvation – Same hole, different donut

Just as each religion has its own idea of separation, they also have their own idea of connection. To Hindus, it is called ‘enlightenment’. To Christians, it is called ‘salvation’. To Buddhists, it is called both ‘enlightenment’ and ‘the end of suffering’. Many great teachers have come before us throughout our history and preached these [...]

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A New Earth

I’m currently reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle for the second time. It is subtitled “Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose”. It was also on Oprah’s Book of the Month Club, and she is co-hosting a free online workshop with the author on Monday nights. The book opens talking a bit about flowers, how they [...]

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Can we try Democracy here first?

Is America truly a democracy? From the definition of democracy that I have come to embrace, it allows the general population the opportunity to take part in elections that create rules by which they are governed. And though in America we are given the opportunity to take part in elections that decide who governs us, [...]

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Forcing Democracy

One of the many reasons that have been given as the purpose of the war in Iraq is to create a democratic government. However, the idea of democracy is based upon the participation of the people. Is it realistic to think that this form of government can be forced upon a nation? America earned its [...]

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Who would Jesus bomb?

It is an inescapable truth that the “War in Iraq” in the Bush administration was sold to the people and abhorably supported by many members who claim to be followers of Christ. Since George W. Bush has professed to be a Christian, he has gained a rather blind following by several who line the pews. [...]

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Finding the middle way in the battle between Left and Right

In seeking a balance between the left and right of political punditry, it seems that the most mean spirited thing I’ve seen on the left is Al Franken, who is a comedian before a commentator. And even his ‘mean spiritedness’ is more light-hearted than anything. But I haven’t found any single personality that would be [...]

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More Power vs. Force

I remember walking down Sunset Boulevard with Jay B during his visit to Los Angeles, trying to explain to him the problem that I had with Evangelical Christianity. I remember telling him that the tools for ‘Evangelical Explosion’ involved two questions where the first answer was that we were all horrible sinners and could not [...]

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Power vs. Force

In my search for Truth in my life, I have used all sorts of tools, methods, and crutches to reach this point in my journey. I have used things I learned in school, at home, in church, from friends, from religion, from books, from movies, from music, from art, from drugs, from spirit, from prayer, [...]

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Hey America

Before I even heard the song ‘Hey America ,’ I knew that it would be timely and I knew that it would be poignant for this generation. I’ve known James Corbin since he was a teenager, when I was a youth pastor working for his father at Calvary Baptist Church in Asheville , North Carolina [...]

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