Parliament of the World’s Religions – Melbourne
David | December 4, 2009
The Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions gathers in Melbourne, Australia.
David | December 4, 2009
The Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions gathers in Melbourne, Australia.
David | November 18, 2009
B6J243HGCYBY When it comes right down to it … You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. - Meister Eckhart (1260-1327), Christian mystic and theologian
David | November 17, 2009
On November 5th, the Golden Rule Poster and related resources were presented to the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives.
David | November 12, 2009
The Charter for Compassion will be unveiled today, November 12, 2009, at the United Nations.
The Charter is the creation of not only Karen Armstrong, who provided the impetus, but also the result of contributions from over 150,000 people worldwide who submitted their own thoughts and comments to the Charter’s website.
Surely, if God, Gaia, Humanity – whatever name [...]
David | May 15, 2009
The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you: they are unique manifestations of the human spirit. – Wade Davis, anthropologist and ethnobiologist
David | March 19, 2009
Putting the Golden Rule into Practice
These 7 Questions are drawn from the Golden Rule as written in the life affirming faiths and philosophies of the world. They are intended to help develop our moral intuition, and to encourage us to become more deliberate in the application of the Golden Rule in our daily lives.
The Golden [...]
David | March 19, 2009
Late in 2005 I encountered Paul McKenna’s Golden Rule Poster. It was the genesis of a new understanding.
I have never believed that any one faith or tradition has an exclusive claim to the truth of God’s Presence. All life-affirming religions, secular moral codes, and scientific endeavor can help us to learn something of God, Creation, and [...]