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Each year, a CCC Nominating Team is charged with nominating members as Servant Leaders, Administrative Council (AC) At Large Members and AC Officers. We are gathering input from you, the CCC general membership in order to finalize our 2018 slate of Servant Leaders, AC At-Large Members and Officers.
You can go here to submit your own name or names of other members you wish to have considered.
If you'd prefer to submit names in writing, there will be forms available in the sanctuary the next two Sundays.
Based on your interests and skills we can suggest a role where your talents can be put to work for the benefit of the church. We need you; your involvement does make a difference! Prior experience not required, we only ask for your volunteer commitment of fulfilling the vision and mission of CCC.
The following positions are 3 year terms.
Diaconate (need 6-8):
prepare and serve communion about once a month
straighten up sanctuary on the Sundays you serve
help out at church functions throughout the year
Elders (need 7):
encourager; mentor; shepherd; servant; trustworthy; understanding; experienced; just and reputable
fosters a Christian atmosphere in the congregation; pastoral care of the congregation
serve at the Lord's table, pray in both public and private settings, visit the sick and the bereaved, serve communion to those that cannot attend church services, faithful in financial stewardship, actively support the Church by serving in departments and on committees, and strive to maintain a spirit of unity
Trustees (need 1):
Act as the legal agents of the Church in all business matters, under the direction of the Administrative Council
supervision over all endowment and trust funds
The following positions are 1 year terms
AC At Large Members (need 4)
voting members of the council, representing the congregation at our monthly meetings.
help make decisions that will help our church grow spiritually and financially
oversee the financial records of the church (can appoint a co-treasurer with approval of the AC)
keep minutes of all regular and special called congregational assemblies, all meetings of the Administrative Council, and fulfill the other usual duties of such an officer
in the absence of the chair, shall call and preside at all regular or special called congregational assemblies, all meetings of the Administrative Council, and fulfill the other usual duties of such an officer
calls and presides at all regular and congregational assemblies, all meetings of the Administrative Council, and fulfill the other usual duties of such an officer
The *Nominating Team will present names to the Administrative Council. Once the AC approves the slate, it will be presented to CCC members for a vote in a general membership meeting. Please contact any member of the team with any questions.
*Nominating Team Members:
Brad Bounds
Stacy Alexander
Doug Alexander
Russell Ward
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Mr. Jason Bozzone, President of Pope John Paul II High School (PJP), and Ms. Meghan Callen, Director of Marketing and Special Events at PJP, were honored to be present today at the St. Aloysius Parish School Key Presentation at the site of the former Saint Pius X High School. This event was coordinated by the Foundation for Catholic Education (FCE).
The FCE recently purchased the former St. Pius X High School property on North Keim Street for $1,000,000, and they generously presented the building to St. Aloysius Parish School (St. Al's), which will move to this new location beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year.
President Bozzone presented St. Al's with an official relic from St. Pius X, along with the documenting paperwork. He promised Father Joseph Maloney, Pastor of St. Al's Parish, Father Steve Paolino, Parochial Vicar at St. Al's, and Mrs. Sarah Kerins, Principal of St. Al's School, that PJP would soon be returning an altar from St. Pius X High School, along with two podiums, to their original home at the new parish school location.
Reverend Monsignor Joseph T. Marino, President of FCE, and Mr. Jerry Parsons, Vice-President of FCE, made the official key presentation outside the gymnasium entrance of the new school campus to Father Maloney and Mrs. Kerins.
Attendees at the event included Mrs. Debra Brillante, Superintendent for Elementary Schools, representatives from Mr. Parson's company, Communications Test Design (CTDI), members of the FCE, select administration and staff from St. Al's, and parent and student representatives from St. Al's.
"The Foundation for Catholic Education, along with the Executive Board of Elementary Education has made a commitment to Catholic Education in Pottstown, Montgomery County. We are pleased to establish this partnership with Father Joseph Maloney, Sarah Kerins and the whole St. Aloysius Parish Community in providing their students with a wonderful educational facility to learn, grow and reach their full potential. This new location at the former St. Pius X High School will continue to help the St. Aloysius students develop into strong individuals guided by faith and knowledge," said Jerry Parsons, Executive Vice President of the Foundation for Catholic Education, Co-Chair of the Executive Board of Elementary Education.
President Bozzone added, "This is an exciting day for one of our partner schools, St. Aloysius, whose graduates continue on to become PJP students, as well as for the entire community. Alumni from St. Al's, St. Pius, and PJP have reason to celebrate today. We look forward to St. Pius alumni and former Pius teachers, many of whom are among the current PJP faculty, visiting the St. Al's campus and seeing life and laughter in its classrooms once again."
Mr. Parsons joked, "I hope the children who will soon be smiling in these hallways also have grass stains on their uniforms!"
The former high school will be the new home for approximately 250 students from Saint Aloysius and replaces the current landlocked campus that offers limited expansion opportunity. Currently, students are divided among four separate buildings and the layout requires them to walk outside to participate in special activities and lunch. The current location does not offer grassy fields, and the children's only play area is in the parking lot. With the increase in population in the Pottstown area and the expansion of the academic and fine arts programming at Saint Aloysius, the school is poised to increase enrollment.
The Saint Aloysius parish and school community, in a grass roots effort, has raised more than $675,000 dollars to pay for needed repairs to their new school. FCE, based in West Chester, will lease the building to Saint Aloysius for $1 a year. This visionary project, under the direction of Father Maloney and Mrs. Kerins, came to fruition in less than 12 months. The school will open in its new location beginning in September 2017.
For more information about Saint Aloysius School, please visit www.saintaloysiusschool.com/.
For more information about the rich heritage of Pope John Paul II High School, including St. Pius X High School, one of the two legacy schools that closed its doors (along with Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School in Norristown) in 2010 when PJP opened, please visit http://www.pjphs.org/apps/pages/history.

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The Franklin Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). It stands at a height of 1,007 ft (307 m) and contains 1,700,000 sq ft (160,000 m2) in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago. It is located two blocks east of the Chicago River and northeast of the Willis Tower with a main address of 227 West Monroe Street and an alternate address of 100 South Franklin Street. in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago. The supertall building is the tallest constructed in Chicago in the last quarter of the 20th century. It is the 5th tallest building in Chicago and the 13th tallest in the United States. It contains office and retail space and a 350-space garage.Tishman Speyer acquired the property in 2004 and renamed the adjacent USG Building as Franklin Center in 2007 after USG relocated its offices. The name was later applied to the entire complex.Source: Wikipedia
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A Dawn to Dusk Family Photography Session
I know I say it a lot, but there is something extra special about photographing a family as they grow, about documenting their journey from couple to threesome to a family of four. I photographed Marcie and Oli when they were expecting their first baby, I returned to photograph them when their son was a few weeks old and then again a mere 18 months later when their family grew to welcome and enfold their daughter. This progression and growth, change and adaptation, this story is what I live for as a photographer. It's no small thing to be given a glimpse into another family's story for a couple of hours but to bear witness to it over the course of years... that's where the magic is.
I spent all day with Marcie and Oli and their family, all three generations and two branches of it. I joined them in the morning as babies were being wrangled into rompers and teeths were being brushed and I put the cameras away again 10 hours later, as babies were being wrestled into rompers and teeths were being brushed, a full circle of a day.
I took so many photos and was so unable to edit them down to a managable blog post that I created a new page just for my favourites from this day. You can see the whole session here.
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I just scrolled through the last 200 comments left here. Out of the last 100, only three appeared to come from women and only one came from a commenter I knew to be a person of color. Of the next-oldest group of 100, there was much greater diversity, stemming almost entirely from Stephen's post on Django Unchained, which began as a response to a post by Amaryah Armstrong at the Women in Theology blog. More broadly, it seems that commenting has seriously slowed down overall and that the vast majority of comments come from a small core group of regulars (with Jason Hills standing out as the most consistent commenter). Individual posts will draw greater attention and bring out new commenters, but it appears that those are mostly one-off events and that the new people rarely become regular commenters.
As I reflect on this, it seems that the general downward trend in commenting, punctuated by significant discussions, is probably okay. The pattern that the bigger discussions seem to draw in a more diverse group seems to me to indicate a certain degree of success in the new comment policy that grew out of Brandy's posts on theology and gender toward the end of last year. We can do better, of course, and I hope we will. Perhaps continuing to move away from an ethos of controversy and conflict — such as we cultivated with Radical Orthodoxy, Object-Oriented Ontology, and (more recently, though more fleetingly) with Emergent types — will help with that. We will always make room for critiques of self-congratulatory white dudes with limited self-awareness, of course, but there's no need to seek that kind of thing out — and there's no need to constantly beat a dead horse.
Now however well it might be going in other discussion threads, it's no secret that I've been frustrated with comments on my own posts, probably excessively so. I apologize if that has been discouraging or intimidating to anyone. I haven't tended to get the kinds of responses I hoped for, and part of that stems from the fact that I'm not really sure what I'm hoping for. At the end of the day, I want the kind of intellectual community that blogging has tended to provide for me, and I haven't been finding it. Being misunderstood (and here I would include being misunderstood by people who think they're supporting me), or being critiqued from a point of view that seems to have nothing to say to me other than "change your views and perspectives entirely," or being told to go read a particular book, etc. — all those kinds of responses have started to weigh on me emotionally and make me feel very intellectually isolated. It's gotten to the point where I'm expecting to find disappointment in comments and I'm probably overdiagnosing it as a result, effectively pushing people away.
Still, I wish more people would try to "think with" my posts rather than simply "respond" to them. I wish people could pleasantly surprise me with something that in some small way advances my thought — or shows that I've somehow advanced theirs — rather than giving me objections to respond to. (Worst of all, of course, is when someone makes objections I've already anticipated, which makes me feel disrespected as well as misunderstood.) By the same token, I wish that people wouldn't take it upon themselves to speak for me — most often, this has taken the form of jumping to normative conclusions from my critical descriptions (as in the "America as party-state" or "ontological structure of academia" posts).
I just wish discussion here could be better. I wish they could help me think and make me feel like I'm helping others think. Sometimes they do, but not often enough to keep me from feeling really discouraged and misunderstood and isolated. I wish I could get to the point where I'm not tensed up and ready to be pissed off every time I see the new comment indicator flash. But that's where things stand for me right now, and I don't know what to do about it.


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Tony Tyler is the Director-General of the International Air Transport Association, IATA, the clearing house for 243 global airlines. He assumed the position in July 2011. With over three decades of airline sub-sector experience, Tyler is a strong advocate for a safe, secure, efficient and sustainable global air transport industry. In this interview with OLUSEGUN KOIKI in Lagos, the IATA chief spoke of many challenges confronting Africa and, indeed, Nigeria's aviation industry and proffered solutions on how to solve most of the challenges. Excerpts.
What is your assessment of aviation in Africa?
My personal assessment of aviation in the continent is that aviation supports 6.7 million jobs and some $68bn of economic activity in Africa. Those numbers themselves are impressive and behind them are countless real life examples of how aviation enriches lives across this vast continent. As you can see, I am passionate about aviation and I firmly believe we have only begun to realise the potential for aviation in Africa. Since becoming the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of IATA just over two years ago, it is among the destinations that I have visited most often. Of course, it is a vast continent and I know that I have only just scratched the surface in exploring it. But it is absolutely clear to me that aviation can, and with our combined efforts, will contribute even more to Africa's development.
Earlier this year, we showcased Africa's potentials to the aviation world as we held our annual general meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. It was only the third time that the event has been hosted on African soil and it occurred at a golden moment in Africa's development. This year, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Africa is poised for rapid development and great changes. Half of the fastest growing economies over the next five years are expected to be on this continent. Aviation will not be a passive beneficiary of growth. Its role in driving growth and development will grow even more prominent.
You spoke about the deadline for African airlines to be IATA Operation Safety Audi (IOSA) complaint as ordered in the Abuja Declaration by 2015, do you think African carriers can meet the cut-off date?
It is clear that IOSA is making a difference, not just in Africa, but in safety globally. In each year since 2008 when IOSA became a condition for IATA membership, IOSA carriers have performed better than those that have not been audited to its 900+standards. African governments have recognised the need to improve safety and the Abuja Declaration sets out a comprehensive approach to reaching world-class safety by 2015. I should take a moment to commend Nigeria for the important role that it played in building the political will to reach this agreement.
The Declaration focuses on the establishment of independent and sufficiently funded civil aviation authorities, implementation of effective and transparent safety oversight systems by all African states, completion of IOSA by all African carriers, implementation of accident prevention measures focused on runway safety and loss of control, implementation of flight data analysis and implementation of safety management systems by all service providers.
Is Africa doing enough to raise the bar in aviation safety?
No priority is greater than safety and Africa's performance is well below what we are achieving globally. In 2012, African airlines had one accident with a western built jet aircraft) for every 270, 000 flights. Globally, the industry average was one accident for about every five million flights. Put another way, African aviation accounts for about three per cent of global traffic. Last year, it accounted for nearly half of the fatalities on Western built jets. While these figures are a shocking call to action, I must say that 2012 also gave us cause for optimism. None of the 25 IATA members in Africa (17 in sub-saharan Africa and eight in North Africa) had an accident. None of the 384 airlines on the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registry had a jet hull loss including some three dozen carriers on this continent. Linking this together is the common theme of global standards.
IATA is actively contributing its expertise and resources to all the Abuja Declaration's commitments. We are paying special attention to IOSA. Having African carriers on the IOSA registry demonstrates that IOSA's global standards are achievable by carriers on this continent, but I recognise that it will be a challenge. We are doing workshops with governments and carriers across Africa, and through the International Aviation Training Fund, IATF. We are sponsoring 10 African airlines with in-house training to achieve IOSA registration. Gap analysis for nine of these airlines is complete and the last one will be done in November.
In what ways can governments in Africa help carriers to achieve high safety standards in their operations?
I will take this opportunity, with so many African governments represented here, to urge them to make IOSA mandatory. So far, Egypt and Madagascar are the only governments on the African continent to have done so. More governments joining them will send a signal that Africa is serious about the Abuja Declaration commitment. IOSA can assist governments in safety oversight, but it is not a substitute for effective safety oversight by civil aviation authorities. The results of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme, USOAP, are very telling. As of the end of 2012, only 11 African states have achieved 60 per cent implementation of ICAO's safety related standards and recommended practices, SARPs. Two of those were newcomers to the list-Mauritania and Sudan.
There is improvement, but over 40 states are below this important benchmark. Meeting the Abuja Declaration's 2015 commitment will require a major acceleration in the pace across the continent. We have two years and three months before the end of 2015. A lot of ground needs to be covered and we cannot lose momentum. IATA is a committed partner and I hope that over the next days as we will develop an even better understanding of how we must work together as a team of stakeholders to deliver worldclass safety to Africa. While we are focusing on safety, I will need to address two further issues. The first is to encourage states to submit data to the Air Operator's Certificate database hosted by ICAO. Cape Verde is among the first five states to provide data and the only one from Africa. The data will perform a vital role in helping the industry to manage the proliferation of operational specifications that are being introduced. I hope that Nigeria will be among states submitting by year end. The second is to comment on the European list of banned airlines.
That brings us to the issue of blacklist, how do African airlines get out of the blacklist of European Union?
The Abuja Declaration has spurred work across Africa to improve safety. This stands in stark contrast to Europe's misguided banned list which lacks transparency needed to guide actions. But as ineffective and unfair as it may be, I don't see any signs of a change in Europe's approach. Already, Africa is united, under the leadership of an African Union declaration in efforts to achieve world class safety performance. It cannot be disputed that the major part of the African industry is performing well and in line with global performance levels but the overall safety performance still indicates a gap. I am convinced that successfully delivering on the Abuja Declaration's target will deliver safety improvements that Europe cannot argue with, that is why IATA is here, engaged and committed, And in anticipation of that success, I can see the African Union taking on a role as interlocutor with Europe on how to reflect these imminent improvements that we all hope for in a revised approach by Europe.
What is your assessment of infrastructure in the Nigerian airports?
As I am in Lagos, my members would be disappointed if I did not mention one piece of physical infrastructure that is in desperate need of urgent attention. That is the fuel transportation infrastructure from Apapa Terminal to the airport. It goes without saying that fuel supply reliability is crucial. We need to find a sustainable long term solution to this long-standing problem. The vandalised pipeline is no longer in use. Trucking fuel through dense traffic for storage on site is inefficient and costly and making unscheduled technical stops to top up fuel causes schedule disruptions and inconveniences for passengers on top of the direct costs of a technical stop. Without making light of the challenges involved, I know that there are many and complex; securing a few kilometers of pipeline is not an impossible task. We are working with the oil industry to find a solution and we will be seeking the government's political will to help us make it happen. Ensuring fuel reliability is critical to Lagos's future as a hub for connectivity across South-West Africa.
How do we curtail high airport taxes, charges in Nigeria and other African countries?
In Africa, there are too many exceptions to the pragmatic approach that has been agreed internationally. Let me give you a few examples to illustrate. In Senegal, airport charges include an infrastructure development fee. If airlines and their passengers were enjoying a beautiful new modern and efficient facility, that might be acceptable. But they are paying for an airport that is still under construction. You would not charge a toll for a bridge that is not yet built. ICAO principles indicate that the same approach should be followed here. The Senegal case also highlights the issues with lack of transparency and consultation.
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Going Home
"I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places." – Fridtjof Nansen
I have always felt like a "stranger in a strange land". I first felt this way when I was seven years old, and after God had stolen my heart, and has yet to return it to me.
In my youth, I often visited the "rushing noisy centers of civilization," in search of love and glory. I found it for a while, and then the lights would come on at 1:00am as they did hundreds of times, only to find myself in the streets of the city making my way back to that place from whence I was convinced the journey would lead me to what I felt I most needed.
I would occasionally seek refuge in the "Institutes of Knowledge" which I would never underestimate their contributions to civilization. Yet, here we are in the 21st Century still debating the fundamental issues of humanity: The right to life; to live free of the fear of discrimination, injustice, poverty, and illness; the right to full self-expression, freedom from repression and oppression, equality and war.
Being the first-born son of a "conservative capitalist" "meaning of life," was defined, for me, a definition I would quickly reject and in doing so, be rejected. Early on I was exposed to the "Industries of Commerce," in an effort to try to shape and form me toward that ends. There I heard Mara's voice and his promises of wealth, security, and glory? I would not be enticed, well not entirely. Remember God has my heart, and regularly interrupts my thoughts.
Cloudy Skies
Lately I have felt like I have been living under and endless stream of clouds. Winter has certainly taken its toll. But clouds unlike the light which shines behind them, are impermanent, no matter how long they may linger. But more importantly they are deceptive, and when we look up and only see cloudy skies, we must keep looking until we see the whole truth. The Sun does not go up or down, in or out, it is always shining, always bright, always in its appropriate place in the Universe. The light is never dispelled, only hidden at times by obstructions both natural and manmade. No matter what direction we look, if our vision is big enough, wide enough, high enough, we must and we will eventually, discover the light.
"A Tree gives glory to God… by being a Tree." – Thomas Merton
Each of us are Spirit, manifestations of the One with our own signatures; Authentic Spirituality is the means by which we awaken from a lifetime of ego delusion to realize our True-Self and to manifest our own enlightenment in the world. "In setting off in search of true identity, one steps into a labyrinth, a maze, a tunnel of love, a hall of mirrors, a derelict graveyard, a long-neglected archeological site." This "awakening" is not easy and results as a function of entering a process, a kind of "path" which takes us through a "hall of mirrors" and challenges us to confront our many false identities we have accumulated.
Authentic Spirituality, Zen is life-it's our life, and our journey begins right where we are, with our lives exactly as it is and as it isn't. One of the barriers presenting us from entering the path and liberating ourselves from our suffering is the myth that, "I'll start when…", or "I need to wait until…" There's never going to be any more appropriate time to begin your journey than now. There are no required preconditions or circumstance, just the desire to be free and the willingness to make the journey no matter the circumstances or situations ahead. Even if you have begun and failed to continue, start again. As Jesus taught, "Pick up your cross and follow." As the ancient masters would ask, "If not now, when?" Even if you lack the courage or the strength. You know how many people in the world are weakened by life's challenges facing and confronting life every day. Hospitals and cities are filled with such people.
Walking in the Dark
As a youth I grew close to the parents of a friend of mine from high school, we kept in touch for many years after graduation. "Mr. Fitz," as I called him was much like (the famous 70's sitcom character) Archie Bunker type personality with smoother edges. "Mrs. Fitz," was indeed much like Edith Bunker, Archies wife, without pretension, beautiful, sweet, and with that quiet wisdom overshadowed by her humility. I remember one occasion when I stayed for dinner, afterwards the news with Walter Cronkite came on the television. The "Fitz's" made it a point to sit together on the "davenport" or the sofa together, sometimes holding hands if she wasn't knitting. At the end of the news broadcast Walter Cronkite would always say, "And that's the way it is.", to which Mr. Fitz would respond, "No it isn't Walter, no it isn't."
"C. S. Lewis taught, if the devil were to succeed in England, he would need to wear a three-piece suit and speak with the Queen's English, and surely never appear as a red demon with horns and a pitchfork." This morning like most Americans I woke to the news of yesterdays current events, a practice I have limited now to approximately 3 minutes at best, only to hear the same news from the day before and days before that. Nothing much had changed. Hatred, distrust, accusations, true or false, blaming, promising, hopes, doubts, more hatred, more accusations, and more promises that have been made for decades by others who, hated, suspected, and mistrusted someone other than themselves or their party or particular group. Like the saying goes, "The more things are supposed to change, the more they stay the same." I immediately observed my muscular skeleton retract in pain with the kind of feeling you get when you've tasted something that always turns your stomach. My reaction was to pick up my aging and almost near dying dog sitting near me and hold her close to me telling her, "I love you girl." I needed to find refuge in my humanity and something that was real, my dog.
Another Meditation – What's a Monk to Do?
"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief…" – The Talmud
The words of The Talmud and the words of my dear friend I shared with you in my last meditation, "We are not to be absorbed by the suffering of the world…," continue to dominate my thoughts and experience these days. When I add Chardin's words which point to our true identity: "You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience." – This is where I must always continue my journey in this temporary existence we call "life".
What does it mean to "not be daunted" or "to not be absorbed"? Given the horror of global current events and its consequences, the uncertainty about the future which dominates all our lives, the reality of a way-of-life we all were told was a "dream" only to discover it's really a nightmare; is it at all possible to practice these two essential teachings? And when I move from out there to right here in Shamong, NJ and even closer to home in my own heart and mind, "What's a Monk to do?" "What can anyone do?"
Spiritual But Religious
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
My life's journey has been one of creating clarity, first for my own life and then as a teacher for others, and continues to be that way. I believe that's what's so for all of us, the only difference may be is that we either consciously participate in that process or as the ancient Zen masters suggest, "We are dragged." From my earliest days I have preferred not to have scarred knees.
Since I can remember I have always felt a "calling" to spirituality and religious life, or as a young Catholic we called it a "Vocation," and as a young Catholic feeling the inspiration I thought it was to the Priesthood. It was, but not the Catholic Priesthood. Do not misunderstand me, there never was a conversion for me though I no longer and haven't for a number of years been a "practicing Catholic" I still hold very deep affections for the "community of saints" I have come to know and love over the years, and continue every year to entertain the desire to attend Christmas Eve Mass. It is also important that you understand that even though Zen Buddhism has been my "vehicle of choice" for making this journey, I do not consider myself to be a Buddhist (in the conventional sense of the term) anymore than I was comfortable identifying with Catholicism or any "ism" as my religion. In the end my True Religion has always been "Freedom". Zen Buddhism has and continues to prove to be the best fitting vehicle for both my nature and my heart's desire.
Time to Take Refuge
"In the Buddhist tradition, the purpose of taking refuge is to awaken from confusion and associate oneself with wakefulness. Taking refuge is a matter of commitment and acceptance and, at the same time, of openness and freedom. By taking the refuge vow we commit ourselves to freedom." – Chogyam Trungpa
Fundamental to Buddhist Spirituality is the practice of "taking refuge". When I find myself in times of trouble, in times of uncertainty, in times of pain, what is my reaction, where do I turn?
We are most certainly living in troubled times marked by uncertainty and dominated by what Buddhist call The Three Poisons of life – Greed, Anger or Resentment, and Indifference. Many of us, myself included, often find ourselves stressed by the news of current events and the unknown about where we are headed both as a species and a country. The historical resources we have relied on in the past to support us by providing unbiased and well informed, fact-based information, continue to disappoint us. We are bombarded everyday not with information designed to inform and empower, but rather biased opinions and propaganda of a few whose agenda is exclusively a personal self-serving one. Even when we turn to our neighbors and friends we can find ourselves more frustrated and frighten of the future when our conversation is rooted in fear and distrust rather than hope and vision.
I understand!
The Beginning is The Destination
"The beginning is the destination. Any distance between now and then, here and there, is an illusion. Aware and fully engaged here and now, without pretense, without reason, is what we call Enlightenment."
– Seijaku Roshi
What does it really mean to be fully present, here and now; to be present to our life which is always and only happening now? We do not exist in the past and even when we arrive at tomorrow it's now.
Webster's dictionary defines "Being" as "The quality or state of having existence: the most important or basic part of a person's mind or self." If we are ever going to experience the fullness of life, of being truly and fully alive we need to "be" where life is happening – Life is Always Happening Now.
Notes on Training to Live a Zen-Inspired Life
We face a complexity of issues today: challenges in the workplace; rising individualism and materialism; broken families and communities; an increasing divide between rich and poor, climate change and the list goes on.
Beneath all these challenges lies a most fundamental question and solution for Disciples of The Buddha-Way:
What does it mean to live the Buddha-Dharma? To Live a "Zen-Inspired Life"?
Bullet Points
- Ordinary people choosing to live extraordinary lives.
- A "way-of-being" is not the same as a "way-of-living".
- "Theravadin teacher Achaan Chah once remarked that the Buddha-Dharma has three aspects: dana or (giving), sila or (precepts), and bbavana or (cultivation or meditation training). But when Westerners come to practice, they are not interested in giving or in precepts." – "Being Upright" by Reb Anderson Roshi
- "By a certain sure instinct the ancients regarded Truth (Dharma) less as a gift bestowed than an inherent knowledge (Wisdom) to be realized. For those who have the hunger and the discipline the Truth is as clear as sunlight, and for those who have neither, the Truth would still be foreign even if it was shouted from the highest mountain. Awareness of Truth (Dharma) is dependent upon the wholehearted effort of the individual and his or her willingness to discipline themselves fit to know It. The ancient saying applies here, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears. Another saying equally applies, "The mind sees only what the heart is looking for."
– Seijaku Roshi
- "Fitness for the Truth (Dharma) cannot be conferred; it must be developed." – Joseph Fort Newton
- The teachings whether taught by The Ancients or Modern Spiritual Teachers is less a doctrine than it is a discipline; a method of organized spiritual culture well-honed over centuries and proven to work.
- "The singular and exclusive objective of Zen-Training and Living a Zen-Inspired Life is the awareness of that Living Truth (Dharma) which pervades the whole Universe and once attained — the fulfillment of every human need. This awareness is realized only when it has becomes a person's heart; the reigning reality of his or her thought; the inspiration of his or her actions, the very Being-Nature of his or her life."
– Seijaku Roshi
Faith, Hope, Love
"The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds…Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience." ― Thomas Merton
I recall watching a documentary on Japan, one of the scenes a fisherman was being interviewed. The fisherman happened to be a Buddhist. The interviewer asked if he believed in God. He replied, "When you are in the deepest parts of the ocean where the waves are 40 feet tall crashing against your boat, and you fear being throne off the boat while pulling in your nets, you can be sure I believe in God." Life is difficult these days for all of us, myself included. There seems to be so much uncertainty about the future, our trusts violated, our beliefs challenged, and our very existence increasingly threatened by failure to be good stewards of this beautiful planet we all live on. So many families threatened daily by mental diseases stealing precious time away from them and money they don't have. War continues and seems like it will never end. Extreme poverty continues to visit so many people here at home and around the world. But worst of all, polarization continues to push so many of us away from each other when we should be moving towards each other.


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2 tsp. red pepper sauce
1/2 tsp. sesame oil
2 eggs slightly beaten
2 tbsp. cornstarch
2 tbsp cold water
1/4 tsp. white pepper
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup bamboo shoots
1/4 cup sliced tofu
1/8 tsp ground ginger
4 cups vegetable broth
1-1/2 tbsp soy sauce
Two eggs,s lightly beaten
Heat broth, vinegar, and soy sauce
Stir in bamboo, mushrooms and tofu.
Heat to boiling, and then simmer five minutes.
Mix cornstarch with cold water.
Add to soup.
Add pepper, red pepper sauce, sesame oil, ginger and onion.
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