mindfulness

Befriending Anger

May 25, 2025

Beloved Community, Interdependent Web of All Existence, Love and Justice, Science and Spirituality, Sermon, Spirituality, Wellness, World Religions

Anger, anger-management, Carol Tavris, Emotional Healing, emotions, healing, Justice, MADD, mental-health, mindfulness, The Incredible Hulk, Thomas Moore

Today we are befriending anger. Thus the Incredible Hulk….. Do you know about this comic book character? The quick story is that, one day, mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was caught in a flood of gamma rays from an experimental bomb detonation. Ever afterwards, in stressful…
Be Here Now

Aug 28, 2022

Sermon, Spirituality, Stewardship, Wellness, World Religions

Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation, mindfulness, politics of resentment, Siddartha Gautama, spiritual bypassing, The Buddha, yoga, Zen

We begin with an old story about a traveler who came upon a farmer hoeing in his field. Eager to rest his feet, the wanderer hailed the farmer, who seemed happy enough to come over and talk for a moment. “What sort of people live in the next town?” asked the stranger. “What were the…