Simple Mind Zen

"An appropriate and compassionate response does not come from the fight for justice..."  --Charlotte Joko Beck Joko Beck in her...

We gather together to work, to learn, to grow; we gather into communities, towns, universities. People everywhere, they live in groups, th...

"At the end of your life, you will be judged by your love." --Saint John of the Cross With the approach of another Saint Valent...

"We have taken an oath to God before we took one before you..."  Maurice, Theban Legion officer What's a bit of ancient his...

"The Devil has a whole system of theology and philosophy...which explains that created things are evil...in fact the whole universe is ...

"The withering hope in eternity is simply the reverse side of a withering faith."   J. Ratzinger For as far back as recorded hi...

"Love is the necessary condition of justice" Caritas in Veritate, by Pope Benedict In a world increasingly influenced by the cl...

"There is no peace without justice" --Pope John Paul II Joko Beck in her book, Nothing Special, Living Zen, observes "W...

"So then in love, in freedom, there is a conscious will for another person's good, an unqualified good, a good unlimited, that is...

In recognition of the recent conclusion of the Jewish New Year 5771 observances, Rosh Ha-Shanah , and the High Holy days occurring annually ...

Carl Anderson writes boldly in his book, A Civilization of Love , "there is no gap between love of neighbor and justice." Attempts...

"To err is human, to forgive is divine."--Alexander Pope The Christian in the Bible book of Saint Matthew is exhorted to follow th...