Things that interest me personally and are also important.
Back in April of 2015 I posted this lecture I gave the previous year in October 2014. One of the shortcomings of my English language videos is that it is difficult for foreign language speakers to understand what I am saying. I am trying out a new application that creates text files of speech. For the first time I am using it on previously recorded materials. My thinking is that folks can then have Google…
In January of 2019, 24-26, I visited Montgomery, AL to go see the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The Legacy Museum documents in pictures, video, and newsprint the history of the slave trade, the plight of slaves in the US, the freeing of slaves, and then the oppressions African-Americans suffered through the Carpetbagger era, the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights era, on through the continue modern enslavement of Blacks…
The following is presented via the Clergy Letter Project “Last month I presented a powerfully worded open letter concerning the possibility of creationism intruding into the public science classrooms in Arizona. The letter was sent to Diane Douglas, State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Arizona from Clergy Letter Project member Reverend David Felten. David isPastor at The Fountains, a United Methodist Church, in Fountain Hills, AZ. I’m delighted to be able to report that the…
Thursday’s regular weekly feature, here are a few books I recommend. The books will not always be directly about Buddhism however they will relate to the greater truths found in Buddhism and also to things I’m interested in. Sometimes ideas from my outside reading I use as I process the complex theories we study in Buddhism. Please note that the temple will receive a small percentage of any purchase made from Amazon through the links…
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