
Saturday, June 03, 2017
My dog Nova helping us celebrate my mom's 93rd birthday. Great fun!

Thursday, May 25, 2017
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
On being secular and loving Jesus
Tom Krattenmaker, a writer who specializing in religion in public life, explains how he pulls off the delicate balancing act of being a Jesus follower while not being religious. He explains his own paradoxical love affair with religion, the implications of the national decline in religious observance, and what he thinks secular humanists can learn from religionists.
Links:
Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower (book) website
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Friday, May 19, 2017
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Spirituality, Sexuality & the Meaning of Trump and Brexit
Mark Argent, the former Chair of the Cambridge Liberal Democratic Party, talks about his United Reform Church roots, spiritual direction East and West, LGBT spirituality, and the meaning of Trump and Brexit.
Argent was UK’s Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hertford and Stortford, plus is an Elder in the United Reform Church. He has trained in spiritual direction and has conducted spiritual retreats both in the UK and in East Asia. His range of interests include the creative arts particularly music and painting, spirituality, and psychoanalytically-informed approaches to society, organisations and politics.
Links:
Diversity and Spirituality Network
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Friday, May 12, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
"About US" - A Foundation Story
Cindy Franklin interviews Angelo John Lewis, the co-founder of the Diversity and Spirituality Network. Lewis talks about his own mixed race identity and his eclectic spiritual journey. He explains his understanding of the Sound Current and experience with groups such as the Movement of Spiritual Awareness and the Emissaries of the Divine Light. He ends by sharing his vision for the Diversity and Spirituality Network.
Links:
Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
Emissaries of the Divine Light
Diversity and Spirituality Network
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017
"Shared Mystery" - the Unifying Thread
Philosopher F. Samuel Brainard previews his new book, “Reality’s Fugue,” and explores the unifying thread between diverse religious and scientific perspectives. He explores the critical role of philosophy in today’s discourse and what he sees as the built-in limitations of both religion and science.
Links:
Diversity and Spirituality Network
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
"Spirituality is the River"
Rene Molenkamp, one of the founding members of the Diversity and Spirituality Network, speaks about his Jesuit training, facilitating Ignatian t retreats, the importance of silence, and how group relations can impact spiritual awareness. He also talks about the impact of his involvement in the Diversity and Spirituality Network, how he deals with a tumultuous political environment, and his upcoming spirituality workshop.
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Duck on a bridge abutment, nursing her young, waterfall crashing around her.

Spirituality and Business
Jim DeLuca, the general manager of Rochester New York’s Abundance Cooperative Market talks the integration of spirituality and business, the “triple bottom line” and food coops, and his personal spiritual practice. He also shares his experience in the Spirit and Business Global Institute, the Omega Institute and the Mankind Project.
Links:
Mankind Project
Spirit in Business
Vipassina (wikipedia entry)
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Thursday, April 06, 2017
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
Travels with Greesh
Psychologist Greesh Sharma on Hinduism, the Indian diaspora, and how travel has both broadened and humbled him. He shares his critiques of contemporary psychological practice, and the limits of politics and religion. He explains why he formed the Vanaprastha Corp, a group of serves victims of the Hindu diaspora around the world.
Sharma’s most recent book is Mental Health Survival Guide; For Individuals and Families of Indian Origin.
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Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Monday, March 27, 2017
Psychology and Spirituality
Psychologist David Stern talks about the journey that led him to integrate spirituality into his psychotherapy practice, provides some examples of what that looks like, and specific pycho-spiritual issues common to the Jewish community.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Word art found in photographer Gary San Pietro's bathroom: http://ift.tt/2mlYtnX

Saturday, March 11, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Monday, February 06, 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
Zapata - from exhibition of Mexican revolutionary art. Painting by Siquelres.

Friday, December 30, 2016
Save the Date: Diversity and Spirituality One-Day Exploration: http://ift.tt/2imgyRw

Sunday, December 18, 2016
Periscope hastag #Angelopoetry; also on Facebook live if we'''re friends there...

Thursday, December 08, 2016
Photo of Malcolm X, speaking to an audience of Black Muslims, taken in 1963 by Gordon Parks.

Sunday, December 04, 2016
Come to my performance. Live or on Periscope or Facebook Live. Be there or be square!

Friday, November 18, 2016
Sunday, November 13, 2016
This old guys seen a few seasons. Wonder if he'll sprout leaves come spring?

Thursday, November 10, 2016
Emmanuel Lewis on a break from playing ball. This dad watching his son play=priceless!

Saturday, October 08, 2016
Friday, October 07, 2016
The old Life Center crew united at a gallery exhibit in New Hope, Pa. Back in the day, the four of us ran a holistic health center in Lambertville, NJ. L-R: Janet "Cheech" Masucci, Sandy Brainard, Susan Davis and me. "We were so much older then, we're younger than that now."

Monday, September 05, 2016
Sunday, September 04, 2016
Saturday, September 03, 2016
surreptitiously taken during dinner on my weekend visit to Amish country.

Monday, August 22, 2016
Sunday, July 03, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Three fourth of the former planning circle of the Diversity and Spirituality Network, which is just in the process of being reborn. Zachary Gabriel Green, Cindy Frankin and me. Missing only Rene Molenkamp. We just finished facilitating Dialogue sessions at the Mixed Remixed Festival in LA.

Saturday, June 11, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016
The wonderful @RoxanneKymaani. I'm looking forward to facilitating with her @mixedremixed today in LA
