ON THE GROCERYSTORE PARKING LOT             A woman walked by wearing a sweatshirt that read “PRAY, PRAY, PRAY”. It seems there is something wrong here theologically. Do we have to beg God to do the right thing? Do we have to call three times to get God’s attention? Will God be impressed by our persistence?…

TWO ANCIENT ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHERS While preparing for one of my Zoom classes I was struck by the contrast between the philosophies of the Buddha “The Enlightened One” (or “the One who Woke Up”) and Confucius (“Kung Fu-tzu”) two of the greatest thinkers of ancient world. Putting it bluntly, Buddha was a solitary figure who refused…