Blogs - Creation Spirituality Communities

Hartford, CT area

I would be very interested if there any of you/us in the range of Hartford, CT who would like to gather in person to explore the possibility of creating a real-time CS community? Continue

Added by the rev Carl Freeman Reynolds on November 11, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

Henry Corbin

I attended a presentation on Henry Corbin yesterday. I'm wondering if anyone knows if Matt Fox has referred to him in any of his writings. And if so, what's Fox's take on him? Continue

Added by Tammie Fowles on November 10, 2009 at 1:27am — No Comments

My initial response is that when a person works too hard and too long and too passionately, and deals with sadness and a sense of futility, exhaustion sets in. That said, isn't it kind of tiring to hear folks trying to argue whether or not to "include" gays and lesbians? As usual, a head game is played instead of an opening of the heart. Perhaps the time has come to stop the rhetoric and begin to just let people be, and celebrate one another. "They may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only on… Continue

Added by Mary Ellen Latela on November 7, 2009 at 10:50am — 1 Comment

artist's post!

http://susansingerart.blogspot.com/ Continue

Added by Marian Methner on November 7, 2009 at 7:36am — No Comments

Bishop Spong Manifesto -

A friend sent me another artist's blog. Deep into the blog was this menifesto from Bishop Spong - essentially he writes that he will not long dignify reading, listening to, or having any involvement with people who believe homosexuality is devient, discussed in the Bible etc... The artist is susansinger's. Blessings! Marian A Manifesto! The Time Has Come! I have made a decision. I will no longer debate the issue of homosexuality in the church with anyone. I will no longer engage the biblical i… Continue

Added by Marian Methner on November 7, 2009 at 7:33am — 1 Comment

The Maine Vote: An Obituary for Fairness

The result of November 3rd’s Maine vote on supporting an effort to provide marriage rights to same gender couples wounds me deeply. As a Mainer, I had high hopes that the people who taught me the values by which I live would live into those values. Sadly, corporate politics, fear, and hate-mongering have won out over fairness. That deeply saddens me from many places. The first is the simple, painful reminder that patriarchy has not yet died. In the midst of this debate, the Roman Catholic Chu… Continue

Added by Bill Gordon on November 5, 2009 at 1:59am — 6 Comments

Mary Plaster in the news

Go check this out! Mary hard at work in her community.... http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/150469/group/Budgeteer/ Continue

Added by Matt Henry on November 1, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Stumbling upon inspiration

So I'm reading through an article in Guitar Legends magazine, and in an interview with Joe Satriani (may favorite guitarist) and Steve Vai, they are talking about how both their perception of music and their performance of music have evolved over time, and Steve Vai says: "Whether it's the way we listen to music or our concept of God, our PERCEPTION is continually evolving." Somewhere along the line people got the notion that the universe and everything in it was all done, fine', what is is all… Continue

Added by the rev Carl Freeman Reynolds on October 31, 2009 at 6:58am — 9 Comments

Finding Creation Spirituality (15): "Bible stories and butterflies."

Every night my wife and I alternate in putting our two sweet daughters to bed, which is of course a multifaceted ritual of pyjamas, teeth-brushing, face-washing and teddy-bear relocation. The better part of the time is reading stories and singing songs. Each one of the girls picks a story, and we sit on the bed and read one, then the other, and follow it with as many songs as it takes to take them off to their dreams and rest (for the younger, this can be a whole concert). A couple of nights ag… Continue

Added by Matt Henry on October 26, 2009 at 11:22pm — 7 Comments

Carbon Offsets and the 2010 CSC Conference

Recently I volunteered to complete an assignment as part of my role in the planning team for the 2010 Creation Spirituality Communities conference, to be held in Burlingame, CA. My task was to try to determine what things, if any, folks could do locally to offset the carbon dioxide that will be released into the atmosphere as part of their travel (or other impacts on their overall carbon footprint.) Carbon dioxide and other gasses that are released into the atmosphere in increasing quantities ar… Continue

Added by Bill Gordon on October 25, 2009 at 5:44am — 1 Comment

History, Hermeneutics and Art

These communities have caused me to reflect back on the thought/spiritual processes that have shaped my life...much has lain dormant for years...I did my seminary thesis on "History, Hermeneutics and Art" in which I sought to examine the way thoughts/feelings/spiritual perceptions are transmitted through time and cultures through the written language and Art, and the way the given language interprets, and the way the given arts interpret and so either affirm or change the original notion. Our th… Continue

Added by the rev Carl Freeman Reynolds on October 21, 2009 at 7:43am — No Comments

Deep Ecumenism

For some years now I have led a house build with Habitat For Humanity called "The House Of Abraham" which includes Christians, Jews and Muslims ( I am working to include others) all working together on a given house, but making time to share our stories, rituals and spirituality. It has been a wonderful process. I have also had the pleasure to lead an annual multi-day building event called "Building On Faith" which is open to all faith groups, but is usually heavily dominated by Christian groups… Continue

Added by the rev Carl Freeman Reynolds on October 20, 2009 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

The check is still in the mail

It was with real disappointment that I learned this morning that President Barack Obama has once again made only promises to the queer community about equality. He spoke last evening at a gala event for the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, DC, and many, including myself, feel he missed a wonderful opportunity. This weekend marks the HRC gala, National Coming Out Day, and a march on Washington for equal rights for America's sexually diverse, second-class citizens. Many of us had hoped that P… Continue

Added by Bill Gordon on October 12, 2009 at 1:37am — 2 Comments

NOT ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR

‘You will do this’ The final words she couldn’t dispute. ‘Yes mother’ she sadly agrees, ‘I understand’. Laying in bed thinking of her new husband, Old enough to be her grandpa, Her broken heart filled with despair, As she resigned to her fate. Gone were her dreams of true love, Gone were her dreams of education, Stripped off was her dignity, No remains of her pride. A brand new life has started, One of which she must survive, As the caring of her family, Depends on her new status. She sighe… Continue

Added by Stella on October 7, 2009 at 10:54pm — No Comments

October 24 is the 350 day of action

I am wondering if anyone on this list is planning an action? Sent: Mon, October 5, 2009 8:28:24 PM Subject: 350.org Letter from Bill McKibben and Mary Evelyn Tucker Friends—We need you to help at the last minute, and here’s a few sentences to get you inspired. They come from an op-ed that one of our leading 350.org spokespeople, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, just wrote for the African newspapers: In South Africa we showed that if we act on the side of justice, we have the power to turn tides; on O… Continue

Added by Mary Plaster, M.A. on October 6, 2009 at 11:41pm — 2 Comments

Finding Creation Spirituality (14): "The Blessing Seed."

The most identifying characteristic of Creation Spirituality is the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality. There are more principles of Creation Spirituality than just the Four Paths, but many of those other principles find common ground in other places (which is good!). The Four Paths, however, are really the cornerstone of a Creation Spirituality mindset. The paths are the via positiva,… Continue

Added by Matt Henry on October 4, 2009 at 8:32pm — 1 Comment

The Challenge

It would seem to me that anyone who spouts anger, prejudice, racism, elitism, classism; anything that precludes that one person or group of persons is somehow superior, more deserving, more in power over others, while at the same time claim to be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or any other of the numerous identities of religious/spiritual identity are quite simply wrong. One would judge noone on their faith origins, but how they live out their faith...if it is full of negativity, I say it is w… Continue

Added by the rev Carl Freeman Reynolds on October 1, 2009 at 10:27am — 3 Comments

A book I always recommend to everyone I meet... so let me recommend it to you. Here's my review of that book

Book Review: “Places of Pilgrimage and Healing” by Adrian Cooper, Published by Capall Bann Review written by Mel Harding In a world of 24 hour TV news, the media has developed a habit of storming into people’s lives, often when they’re living in the teeth of profound tragedy, grabbing any kind of sensationalist angle on the story, and then moving onto the next piece of news-drama within only a matter of hours or days. But the truths of human tragedy can never be understood like that. Tr… Continue

Added by Mel Harding on September 30, 2009 at 11:45pm — 1 Comment

the spirituality of racism/prejudice/anger/hate/vengeance

I don't want to bring anybody down; we are sharing many spiritual enlightenments and highs that are truly wondrous, but we need to address the issues that confront us in the day-to-day real-world we live in, which include the re-emergence of blatant racism and all its horribly dark shadows: the projections of guilt-iness, perverted justification, and totally misguided projections of power and authority. That a black/african/american person has assumed the position of President just blows some pe… Continue

Added by the rev Carl Freeman Reynolds on September 30, 2009 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Alcohol was used to commit atrocities against indigenous peoples

by Thomas Dahlheimer This article is mostly about how and why European Christian colonists used alcohol as a chemical weapon of warfare in their genocidal and ethnic cleansing mistreatment and exploitation of indigenous peoples. It also addresses the subject of how and why European colonists used the Ojibwe’s weakness to abuse alcohol during the fur trade era to force the Dakota from their northern Minnesota homeland. In this article I present statements made by historians who wrote about the… Continue

Added by Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer on September 25, 2009 at 2:11am — No Comments

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