by Miguel Barriere | Feb 15, 2016 | Balance, Christian, Equality, God, Holidays, Jesus, Jewish, Men, Spirit, The World, Uncategorized, Women
Post #43 Dear Readers, Speaking of the “Ash Wednesday” blessing drawn from Jesus, “Repent, and believe the gospel!” (Page 81 and elsewhere. See also John’s admonition on page 52.). It begs the question, why would men repent (change)? As...
by Miguel Barriere | Feb 13, 2016 | Balance, Christian, Equality, God, Holidays, Jesus, Men, Spirit, The World, Uncategorized, Women
Post #42 Dear Readers, Do men have an urge, impulse or even desire to repent? Does ‘Ash Wednesday’ provide an opportunity to express that repentance? Either consciously or unconsciously? Given the nature of modern life though, which behaviors should men...
by Miguel Barriere | Feb 11, 2016 | Balance, Christian, Equality, God, Holidays, Jesus, Men, Spirit, Uncategorized, Women
Post #41 Dear Readers, How does ‘Ash Wednesday’ celebrate where we come from? Where we are inevitably headed? What we choose to do with the time we have? With respect to the holiday, Jesus spoke of men repenting of their egoic, selfish, self-willed ways....
by Miguel Barriere | Feb 11, 2016 | Balance, Christian, Equality, God, Holidays, Men, Spirit, Uncategorized, Women
Post #40 Dear Readers, How does ‘Ash Wednesday’ celebrate repentance? Who was Jesus talking to when he encouraged men to repent? What does it mean for a man to repent? Can men sincerely repent? ~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~ Writing about ‘Ash...
by Miguel Barriere | Feb 8, 2016 | Balance, Christian, Equality, God, Jewish, Men, Spirit, The World, Tyranny, Uncategorized, Women
Post #39 Dear Readers, Is balance – the absolute co-equality of God’s masculine and feminine aspects, the male and the female, men and women, an idea whose time has come? Can women overcome the enormous momentum of men’s his-tory of Hellenist...
by Miguel Barriere | Feb 7, 2016 | Balance, Christian, Economics, Equality, God, Jesus, Jewish, Men, Politics, Spirit, The World, Tyranny, Uncategorized, Women
Post #38 Dear Readers, How is the violent, aggressive tyranny of men enabled? Society? Culture? Beliefs? All the above? Could it be some of those very ‘man-worship’ tenants of Greek Hellenism Jesus opposed in the Pharisees? Anger, hostility,...