Vesak Celebration – Whittier Narrows Park

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I’ve finally been able to make time to post our pictures from the Vesak celebration. We had a wonderful time and I was very happy Dawn was able to come with us this year. Another highlight of the day was seeing the wonderful, and always smiling Rev. Danny Fisher who immediately asked how our friend Bill in Chicago was doing. Made me smile ear to ear to be able to report the good news about Bill.

In the pictures, you’ll notice a set of beautifully carved statues ‘The 18 Lohans’. (BuddhaNet has a great explanation of each: http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/lohans.htm)

It was a perfect day.

Here is another shot the good Reverend took of Ian and I bathing the Buddha, while Dawn got video. (thanks again for the shot Danny)

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My take: Rethinking the pro-life label – CNN Belief Blog – CNN.com Blogs

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According to Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, which helped to pay for the ad, “Being consistently pro-life requires more than caring for the unborn, it requires following the Biblical call to care for the poor and the downtrodden. 

via religion.blogs.cnn.com

Now, I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a big fan of Stephen Prothero’s outlook (or, at least the little I’ve heard). I’ve not read his book, “”God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World,” but from all the excerpts that are touted around the internet, I think it is rather the opposite of a useful outlook on things. But, enough about the disagreements.

I have to agree with his sentiments in this article. It is definitely worth a read.