Tag: Priests

The 'Muslim Priest’: An Introduction (Part 1)

All of life is a pilgrimage. All of life is a seeking of that primordial One-ness. Of God. A yearning towards the One who is our Beginning. Our End. Our All and Everything. And as Blessed Augustine has said in his Confessions, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee, O Lord.&rdqu...

A Zen Priest’s Striking Words on Holding on & Letting Go.

Reading a few words from Steve Hagen, the Zen priest, made me realize that the question we’ve been asking all along is wrong. It’s not about what we need to let go of. In fact, the question has little to do with letting go. The answer lies not in letting go, but in realiz...

Pope grants priests permission to bless same-sex couples

On Monday, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had formally approved the blessing of same-sex couples, marking a significant stride towards fostering a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ Catholics. This latest move is part of a series of changes to church doctrines that align with his visio...

How the High Priests got High

Cannabis residues have been identified on the altar of a Judahite shrine in Israel dating from the 8th century BC according to the Tel Aviv Institute of Archeology.¹ This is not the first time it has been found in the area — in 1993, archeologists found cannabis at a burial tomb near...

Understanding Priests and Prophets

I just read the article, Problems and Possibilities of Sociology as Prophetic by Dr. Dennis Hiebert in Christian Scholar’s Review, and found Hiebert’s overview of socioreligious concepts fascinating and relevant to my own work in politics. While providing a co...