Spiritual Choices Blog
John Kelly: Foreword by Jackie Speier
John Kelly the Quintessential Good Samaritan Foreword by Congresswoman Jackie Speier John Kelly was a saint….an irreverent saint who refused to play by rules that made no sense and prevented him from offering shelter, food and health care for those in pain. He was...
Our Spiritual Choices Today
Our Spiritual Choices today are about racial equity. This article was originally published by The New York Times. Written By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Yaryna Serkez June 19, 2020 Opinion | The Gaps Between White and Black America, in Charts In many parts of the...
The Atheist Muslim, Ali A. Rizvi
Ali describes "A Journey From Religion To Reason" as a Pakistani Muslim who spent many years of his youth in Saudi Arabia. He was lucky and only experienced indoctrination-light but describes Saudi Arabia fundamentalist indoctrination-heavy, still practiced today. He...
Orlando – Religion Can Help
All Religions can ease the bias and heal the hate: http://religionnews.com/2016/06/14/orlando-pulse-sexuality-religion-mateen/
Are We Safe?
Steven Pinker wrote in Better Angels of our Nature that the world is becoming less violent over the last sixty-some years. This assertion is counter-intuitive given the if-it-bleeds-it-leads news reporting in newspapers and TV. Pinker is a scientist and offers strong...
What is Restorative Justice?
A driving-force issue for John Kelly (Samaritan) is restorative justice. What is it and why should we care? Restorative justice works to solve individual harms and violations of legal and human rights. It is increasingly used within the criminal and juvenile justice...
Book Now Available Online
Spiritual Choices: Putting the HERE in the Hereafteris now available on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble booksellers. Half of the proceeds ($10) will be used to create a scholarship in John Kelly’s name.
Spiritual vs. Religious
Spiritual, but not religious seems to be the growing trend. According to a recent PEW survey, the number of Americans who claim “no particular religion” has grown from 7% to 14% in the 1990’s to nearly 20% today. Even more dramatically, “(… fully a third of...
John Shelby Spong’s Take on The Bible
John Shelby Spong, former Episcopal Bishop says that there is no such thing as an “inerrant Bible” or an “infallible pope.” He points out that the New Testament Bible was written by people interpreting and expressing their experience of the life and death of an...
What About Free Will?
Noted athiest Sam Harris says there is no such thing. I disagree. Harris says that based on our IQ, brain chemistry and our ‘nurture,” (that is our environment growing up), that we are predestined to act the way we act. He says we have choices but maintains that we do...
About the Author
Tom’s been a Navy and airline pilot, lawyer, CPA, real estate investor, and spent 35 years in politics. He is a “fallen -away Catholic” but prefers the term “recovering Catholic.”
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