Sunday hymn: My Sweet Lord

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by Todd Hebert

This is a great song for a Sunday, kids. It’s not about religion (read: greed and violence). This is a song about love, yo. Yeah, imagine that!

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September 11, 2001

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Image from the Library of Congress 9/11/01 exhibition. remember honor grow love stand share work move appreciate experience talk pray meditate forgive 9/11 is so not about religion.

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“Exit Interview” or “How I Finally Rejected My Family and Friends”

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I walked in with a six-pack. “Oh, yeah,” my mom said. After an hour of chit-chat, potato chips and two MGDs (my parents were still nursing their first), there was a lull in the conversation and I jumped in. “So…I wanted to talk to you guys about religion.” My dad’s eyes somehow perked up and [...]

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Sexual healing: Jesús Ángel García’s badbadbad

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The future is here, kids. A novel is no longer limited to printed words on paper. We have the technology! In addition to the old-fashioned book, a novel can include rock and roll music, film, and even a youtube playlist. Almost like a Sunday service at your local mega-church.

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How abandoning belief rocked my world

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However sacred or profound, a belief is nothing more than a thought, and thought is never the thing it describes. It can only hint at the wonders it attempts to touch. Sermons about love garble love’s ineffable beauty. Speeches about unity clank after the first syllable. Courting belief is a prescription for a virtual, not a virtuous life.

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The Magic of Reality: Richard Dawkins’ new book for kids

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I never expected the world renowned evolutionary biologist and superstar atheist Richard Dawkins to write a book aimed at children. But, alas, The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True is slated for an October release.

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A prayer for Osama Bin Laden

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Everybody is talking, tweeting, and blogging in jubilation over the news of Bin Laden’s death. It’s been 10 years in the making, and i have to agree that the world is a little better without him. But all of the celebratory goings on leaves me a bit sick in the stomach.

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Saturday Sermon: Zen reminders

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Church is closed today for renovations and a nice sage cleansing, or something like that. Come back next week. But I would like to direct you over to Leo Batauba’s Zen Habits blog. You probably already read Zen Habits, but if you don’t, you should. It’s a nice, quiet, and refreshing read. For Leo’s 38th [...]

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Muhammad was a punk rocker: The Taqwacores movie review

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The Taqwacores, a movie based on Michael Muhammad Knight’s modern
of the same name, shows a very different Islam. A very American Islam; a punk rock Islam.

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Smiling really works!

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It’s true what they say about smiling. A simple smile, even a forced one, can change one’s mood. I tried it and the effects were instant and undeniable. Hold up one second. I know what you’re thinking: damned new age hippie. I don’t blame you. Before writing this post I thought long and hard about [...]

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Poetry of the expanding universe

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“In the Beginning” is the eighth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series on YouTube. Other than featuring sound bites from the world’s foremost scientists, the videos utilize perhaps the best use of auto-tune I’ve ever heard. This one features Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Tara Shears, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. I [...]

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