A person wrote in and asked a very honest question about why I voted for President-elect Obama. His concern was about voting for someone who supports abortion. The person who wrote me is pro-life in the widest of ways, since he is also against the death penalty in general. He gently asked me about my […]
Congratulations to President-elect Obama
Our nation has made history today. The first black president of the United States has been elected. Yet he is not simply black, he is also white. We all hope that he will bring balance to the office of the President. May God grant him many years. At this point, it appears that President-elect Obama […]
Reap what you sow
Yesterday Sen. John McCain was forced, for the second day in a row to try to calm his supporters at a town hall meeting. During this past week we have heard shouts at McCain rallies calling out to “kill” Sen. Obama, that he is a terrorist, a criminal, a traitor. Finally, there was the lady […]
Do we love the “other”?
“When we fixate on the racist individual, we’re focused on the least interesting way that race works,†said Phillip Goff, a social psychologist at U.C.L.A. who focuses his research on “racism without racists.†“Most of the way race functions is without the need for racial animus.†That quote comes from the NYT and can be […]
Roots of Mysticism, post 02
In God, the ‘eros desire’ is outgoing, ecstatic. Because of it lovers no longer belong to themselves but to those whom they love. God also goes out of himself . . . when he captivates all creatures by the spell of his love and his desire . . . In a word, we might say […]
Latino McCain, ¡Olé!
So, I am in Miami, visiting my mother after meeting with one of our Antiochian priests here. And, the TV is on to one of the local Miami Spanish channels. And, a McCain Spanish-language political ad begins to play. It is an anti-Obama ad based on his statement that he would be willing to meet […]
McCain is not a foreigner, part 2
You may not be able to read the blog window in part 1 of this post, but I urge you to follow the link. In passing, the window is there because I have copyright permission to reprint the article in an i-frame. If you blog, please obey copyright law. (Unfortunately, my HTML scripting skills are […]
McCain is not a foreigner, part 1
Judge says McCain is a ‘natural born citizen’ from Associated Press
Roots of Mysticism, post 01
As Huw comments on his blog, the first sentence of the book says that Christianity’s beginnings are Oriental and mystical. It is crucial to understand that in order to have a proper view of Christianity’s beginnings. At the same time, I wish to explore mysticism as it relates to my Latino background. I claim that […]
