Want to JOIN US LIVE for our NEXT ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE? CLICK HERE: https://theholynow.org/calendar Applying Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vast Expansive View to Buddhism & Christianity, SACRED GROUND Community Church & Sangha. Reflections on Readings from DEUTERONOMY 8, Robert Graves’ book THE WHITE GODDESS, p. 476, & Thich Nhat Hanh’s […]
Continue ReadingBuddhist-Christian Easter: An Empty Tomb, The Rainbow Body, & Our Continuations
Stars, Milky Way Galaxy, Father Edward Hays, Vastness of the Universe, Humility. Compassion, Dalai Lama, Buddhist monk. Jesus Christ, Luke’s Gospel, Easter, Empty Tomb. Reading from Sogyal Rinpoche’s book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying; Tibetan Buddhism, Rainbow Body, Dzogchen. Youngstown & Struthers, Ohio Family Stories, Struthers High School […]
Continue ReadingPalm Sunday Dharmakaya: Jesus the Self-Contained King
Want to JOIN US LIVE for our NEXT ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE? CLICK HERE. Readings from the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 11 and Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Going Home: Jesus & Buddha as Brothers. Jesus as King, Christ, Messiah, Anointed One. Dharmakaya, Teaching Body. Spiritual Warrior, Self-Contained, Chogyam Trungpa, Shambhala. […]
Continue ReadingGrowth, Renewal, & Valuing “Not Knowing”
Want to JOIN US LIVE for our NEXT ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE? CLICK HERE. Thich Nhat Hanh, Luke 21:29-38. Be Like a Tree – Growing, Changing. The Literary Device of Biblical Inclusio, Book Ends in the Bible. Free of Constructs, No PreConceived Notions – even regarding Enlightenment & Jesus Christ. […]
Continue ReadingLiving, Dying, & Possibilities for Change: The Prophet Ezekiel & Thich Nhat Hanh
Care to JOIN US LIVE for our NEXT ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE? CLICK HERE. Today’s DHARMA TALK includes: Thich Nhat Hanh, Ezekiel 18. Ancestors’ Continuations, our InterBeing Natures. On Melding Buddhism, Christianity, & Earth-centered Spirituality. Impermanence, Dynamism, Changefulness, even G-d Changes His Mind (Jonah 3:10). Non-Linear Theology: Seasons, Lent, Easter, […]
Continue ReadingThe Prodigal Son & Maitri: Love & Understanding
Care to JOIN US LIVE for our NEXT ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE? CLICK HERE. Today’s DHARMA TALK includes: The Story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15). The Buddhist teaching that Love (Maitri) requires Understanding. Brothers & Siblings in the Bible. The Cultural Divides & Chasms – even within our Families […]
Continue ReadingImbolc, Psalm 104, Thomas Traherne, & Father Sun in Our Heart (Thich Nhat Hanh)
In this Dharma Talk from the January 31, 2021, Sunday Morning SACRED GROUND Service, Parson Michael R. Malley speaks of… Non-Linear Theology, Eco-Spirituality, Eco-Theology. Circles, Cycles, the Irish Celtic “Turning of the Year” – Imbolc. Thomas Traherne’s Centuries; Psalm 104; Thich Nhat Hanh’s Love Letter to the Earth. Mother Earth, […]
Continue ReadingEnemies, Honeysuckle, & Compassion
* Enemies, Honeysuckle, & Compassion * In this Dharma Talk from the January 17, 2021, Sunday Morning SACRED GROUND Service, Parson Michael R. Malley speaks of… Metaphors in Nature and the Natural World; the Deadly Riot at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021; Thich Nhat Hanh’s […]
Continue ReadingCompassionate Listening, Sacred Birdsongs, & The Road to Emmaus
In this Dharma Talk from the May 3, 2020, Sunday Morning SACRED GROUND Service, Parson Michael R. Malley speaks of… the Compassionate Listening of Thich Nhat Hanh & Art Gish, the Road To Emmaus in Luke’s Gospel, the thin wall between us & the Otherworld at Beltaine & Easter, sacred […]
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