Weather is not my agent.output
Rabbi Brian talks about how he knows better than to be controlled by the weather.
Apology Organized Religion.output
Rabbi Brian talks about how he (as a representative of organized religion) needs to ask you to forgive him,
Anger Sublimated.output
Rabbi Brian talks about what happens when we sublimate anger.
As comfortable in a dress as in church.output
Rabbi Brian talks about how he is comfortable with his religious practice.
Your Anger? No, no thank you.
How to Handle Other’s Anger Don’t take the gifts. This is a story I learned from my dear Buddhist friend, Nagy. I published it, without the commentary
God is. God is not. And you.
The 77% Weekly 40/52 weeks a year of spiritual nutrition RabbiBrian & Religion-Outside-The-Box When say “this is something,” we thereby limit the ‘this‘ as synonymous with the
Towards smiling inside
Dying/smiling inside, smiling/dying outside My friend Guff sent me a cartoon in four frames. The first frame shows a corpse-like body sitting up in bed.
Diamonds or Virtues. Pick.
Father Tony<http://www.demellospirituality.com> believed that the shortest distance between two ideas or two people is a story. His tales were drawn from all sources and they
Level up. A modern telling of the story of Jonah and the Whale.
Level up. A modern telling of the story of Jonah and the Whale. What we do when we don’t want to do what we ought
Intelligent Heretics: Choose (Faith)!
Intelligent Heretics: Choose (Faith)! Are you growing? I know I am. The words of Thomas Merton: “If the you of five years ago doesn’t consider
Why you believe what you do…
Epistemology: why you believe what you believe (And how to game beliefs to work for you.) My son When my son was four, he announced
No Complaints
If you stop complaining, you might live with fewer complaints. The 21 Day No-Complaint Challenge Back in 2007, I realized something was odd. We had
Responsible. Here. True.
Responsible. Here. True. (Answers to the first three questions of the Bible.) The first three questions of the Bible are of great significance to me.
Make Friends Better
On the 10-year anniversary of the newsletter, in late July of 2015, I sent a quick email expressing my gratitude for all of the readers.