Gallery How to Be a Fashion-Loving Minimalist If you read an article about how to live without an income every day for the rest of your life, you might be thinking, “Well … that isn’t going to happen.” But you’re wrong, because there is the possibility that we can achieve that on a daily basis. It’s not easy, but there are some […] Written by jack121400 October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Good Reads Sunrise and Sunset on Mars To explore the surface of Mars as a whole, scientists have focused almost exclusively on a portion of its surface, called the ‘Celestial latitudes’. It has a latitude of about 55 degrees north, and a longitude of about 2 degrees south. The surface is cold at this latitude, and at a very specific location, in […] Written by jack121400 August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist 10 Inspirational Quotes by Mingyur Rinpoche Mingyur Rinpoche was born in Nepal in 1975. His father is Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who taught him meditation, Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions. His mother is Sönam Chödrön, a descendant of the two Tibetan kings Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Deutsen. He is the youngest of four brothers. His brothers are Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, […] Written by Minerva Lee September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Octopus wisdom the Buddha would approve When I heard that the smoke I was inhaling a few days back on the Pacific coast of the U.S. was now in Finland, I was reminded that this precious earth and its atmosphere is a living organism and each of us is an intrinsic part of the ever-changing complexity of life. Yet many of […] Written by Stephanie Noble September 26, 2020September 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical Amy Coney Barrett and Anti-Catholicism in America The looming nomination of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice has renewed an ugly but persistent tradition in American politics: anti-Catholicism. Since 1517 there have been enduring and fundamental theological divides between Protestants and Catholics about tradition and Scripture, grace and works, the meaning of the Lord’s Supper, and more. Disagreement over theology […] Written by Evangelical History September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Poverty: Jesus, Jubilee, and Reparations Jesus is many things to many people. The Good Shepherd, the Great Physician, the Light of the world. The Alpha and Omega, the Lion and the Lamb, the crucified and risen Savior. If you study Luke’s Gospel, you might notice that among all these images and titles, one specific picture of Jesus rises to the […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Cathedral of the Tropics and Worshipping Through a Pandemic When my wife and I moved to Costa Rica, we began visiting the lush trails of tropical forests on our Sabbath days to listen and worship. In similar ways, the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing people all over the world out of buildings and toward other ways of worshiping on Sunday, giving us a chance to […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Evangelical The God of All Grace When we come to God’s throne, we need to remember He is indeed the God of all grace. He is the landowner who graciously gave a full day’s pay to the workers who had worked only one hour in the vineyard. He is the God who said of the sinful nation of Israel even while […] Written by Paul Tautges September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Communities of Moral Deliberation Like many political scientists, I was surprised when Donald Trump emerged in 2016 as the Republican nominee. Once the nominee, however, I was not surprised that he easily won both my home state of Tennessee (61.1%) and the rural county where I live (78.9%). What I did find shocking, perhaps naively, was that exit polls […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian On Gender Equality: We Have Made Great Strides & We Are Not There Yet To have this conversation with everyone and anyone makes no sense. If you cannot accept that women are equally created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), or that women are called and sent to share the Gospel (as the women at the tomb were on the first Easter) then please stop reading, for this […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Video: Listening with the Heart Dharma Talk What these divisive times call for more than anything else is an ability to listen with the heart. The Buddha explained that if the members of a society come together and listen to each other in harmony and with respect for one another, they will prosper and not decline. For more teachings like this, please […] Written by Jack Kornfield September 22, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Dispassion – Options From a practical perspective, the key to ending suffering is to experience all things directly, with dispassion, free of labels, free of the intervention of the ego-mind. The key word is “dispassion.” Why is that key? Because if we don’t view things with dispassion, with equanimity, that means that our emotions are engaged and that […] Written by Ronald Hirsch September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The God of All Grace When we come to God’s throne, we need to remember He is indeed the God of all grace. He is the landowner who graciously gave a full day’s pay to the workers who had worked only one hour in the vineyard. He is the God who said of the sinful nation of Israel even while […] Written by Paul Tautges September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communities of Moral Deliberation Like many political scientists, I was surprised when Donald Trump emerged in 2016 as the Republican nominee. Once the nominee, however, I was not surprised that he easily won both my home state of Tennessee (61.1%) and the rural county where I live (78.9%). What I did find shocking, perhaps naively, was that exit polls […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The God of All Grace When we come to God’s throne, we need to remember He is indeed the God of all grace. He is the landowner who graciously gave a full day’s pay to the workers who had worked only one hour in the vineyard. He is the God who said of the sinful nation of Israel even while […] Written by Paul Tautges September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Communities of Moral Deliberation Like many political scientists, I was surprised when Donald Trump emerged in 2016 as the Republican nominee. Once the nominee, however, I was not surprised that he easily won both my home state of Tennessee (61.1%) and the rural county where I live (78.9%). What I did find shocking, perhaps naively, was that exit polls […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
On Gender Equality: We Have Made Great Strides & We Are Not There Yet To have this conversation with everyone and anyone makes no sense. If you cannot accept that women are equally created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), or that women are called and sent to share the Gospel (as the women at the tomb were on the first Easter) then please stop reading, for this […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Inspirational Quotes by Mingyur Rinpoche Mingyur Rinpoche was born in Nepal in 1975. His father is Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who taught him meditation, Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions. His mother is Sönam Chödrön, a descendant of the two Tibetan kings Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Deutsen. He is the youngest of four brothers. His brothers are Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, […] Written by Minerva Lee September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Octopus wisdom the Buddha would approve When I heard that the smoke I was inhaling a few days back on the Pacific coast of the U.S. was now in Finland, I was reminded that this precious earth and its atmosphere is a living organism and each of us is an intrinsic part of the ever-changing complexity of life. Yet many of […] Written by Stephanie Noble September 26, 2020September 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Amy Coney Barrett and Anti-Catholicism in America The looming nomination of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice has renewed an ugly but persistent tradition in American politics: anti-Catholicism. Since 1517 there have been enduring and fundamental theological divides between Protestants and Catholics about tradition and Scripture, grace and works, the meaning of the Lord’s Supper, and more. Disagreement over theology […] Written by Evangelical History September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poverty: Jesus, Jubilee, and Reparations Jesus is many things to many people. The Good Shepherd, the Great Physician, the Light of the world. The Alpha and Omega, the Lion and the Lamb, the crucified and risen Savior. If you study Luke’s Gospel, you might notice that among all these images and titles, one specific picture of Jesus rises to the […] Written by Red Letter Christians September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
