Spirituality is a life lived in resonance with fundamental principles and powers, often symbolized as the first, last, deepest, highest, or most central to life Religion is spirituality organized into a tradition, system or institution The lives of ordinary religious people haven’t been well documented or studied. Until recently, scholars have concentrated on religious…
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Princess Diana’s Funeral, Played and Replayed
The year 2023 is about to turn into 2024. The Crown, a televisions series treatment of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, is currently playing on Netflix. The series includes two funerals, one for Princess Diana, the other for her deceased lover, Dodi Fayed. The funerals occur in season 6, episode 4. The current media…
Which news is the devil’s news?
On January 24, 2018, Pope Francis released a statement about fake news. It’s worth reading even if you are not a Francis fan. As you would expect, it’s a homily (for Protestants, a sermon). His use of the story of Eden’s serpent is engaging. Francis equates the serpent with the Devil. (I would not.) Anyway,…
We croak?
Want to be reminded fives times a day that you’re gonna croak? We Croak will do that for you. Presumably based on an old Bhutanese saying about the secret of happiness, the app sends you wise sayings or poetry or a line to remind you that you should contemplate death at least five times daily….
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