Archive for the ‘Solidarity’ Category
A Personal Meditation on Seeing and Hearing Jesus
In my last post, I discussed how people of different beliefs can and do work well together on common efforts to attain sobriety and to make peace. I discussed how we can respect each other’s diverse perspectives on our “Higher Power,” and how we can respectfully support each person’s needed spiritual awakening. In response to […]
November 18, 2014
· Leo Denton · 2 Comments
Tags: Child of all Humanity, Forgiveness, Healing, Jesus, Let your light shine, Love, Non-violence, Revolution, Sermon on the Mount · Posted in: God's Infinite Love, Healing, Nature, Peace, Positive Energy, Solidarity
Righting our Capsized Boat
Last week, I dreamt that I was in a capsized boat. I kept trying to figure out how to right the boat or to find safety. But it was dark, and I was just stumbling through the boat, waste deep in water. Abruptly, I fell forward but caught hold of a handrail. My head was […]
August 20, 2014
· Leo Denton · No Comments
Tags: Capsized boat · Posted in: Dreams, Solidarity
The Farbor’s Way
A new world beckons – can we make the journey together? Photograph by Wikimedia user, Palosirkka, Denali National Park and Preserve, September 8, 2012. “Love your neighbor as yourself!” But every rule has exceptions! Who is our neighbor anyway? Why must we, with all our good work, love the conservative who stands in the way […]
September 22, 2012
· Leo Denton · 2 Comments
Tags: Farbor's Way, Future, Golden Rule, Good Samaritan, Jesus · Posted in: Community, Divisiveness, Encouragement, Positive Energy, Solidarity
I am Nahari
There is an astonishing scene in the movie Gandhi where a Hindu man named Nahari commands Gandhi to “Eat!” The fasting Gandhi is starving, near death, but he refuses pressing for an end to violence. Nahari, overcome with emotion, cries out, “Eat! I am going to hell, but not with your death on my soul!” Gandhi replies, […]
September 15, 2012
· Leo Denton · 2 Comments
Tags: Disrespect, Forgiveness, Gandhi, Gandhi movie 1982, Hell, Injustice, Killing, Love, Nahari, Non-violence, Violence · Posted in: Community, Divisiveness, God's Infinite Love, Positive Energy, Solidarity