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Muhammad Ali is among more than 110 celebrities who have exited Earth's stage since New Year's Eve 2015. Each gave us a fresh opportunity not only to embrace the reality of death, but to actually understand it. This is important. And as Ali demonstrated, if we don't understand Death, we will not successfully navigate Life. Ali understood both extraordinarily well, so well that he... Continue Reading →
We've been bombarded with coverage of the unprecedented worldwide protests following the inauguration of Donald J. Trump. But the largest march—the one primarily responsible for that ceremony—has received little mention: Millions of Evangelical Christians defiantly declared their independence from Jesus's teachings, and it's as if no one noticed. Maybe it wasn't newsworthy. After all, Christians haven't been followers of Jesus for centuries.... Continue Reading →
With no thought at all, we unflinchingly hurl the most damning insults at God. "Good" Friday may be our most consistent and most unconscionable slap at the Divine. It's the day we annually reaffirm that a sadistic murder not only is good, it's an act of God. I was delighted to see that others are looking at this day through... Continue Reading →
Loud Mouth in the Balcony 