The Whole Tao
If the Tao is the way, I don’t know that it’s the whole way. In the voice of his character Seymour, J. D. Salinger pointed out that religion hinges on detachment but poetry on passion, and if you want to practice …
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My Faith Must Be of This Land
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning is unclear. I paused from …
God is the Eggshell, God is the Sky
In the ancient Near East, religion was the standard by which pretty much everything was understood. It was the unquestioned, unquestionable root of reality, and however fantastic its suppositions may have been, they were not metaphorical. The serpent spoke. Ladders …