by Don and Joy Veinot | Sep 29, 2022 | Atheist, Biblical Ethics, Cancel Culture, Child Sacrifice, Contemplative Prayer, Culture War, Deity of Christ, Enneagram, Greek Mythology, Immorality, Judaism, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Paganism, Panentheism, ProLife, Richard Rohr, Tolerance, Virtue
The First Century Roman Empire was pluralistic, relativistic, and very spiritual. The Greeks and Romans shared about 15 or 16 gods and goddesses, worshipped under different names.1See “Greek Gods and their Roman Counterparts” for listing, descriptions, and...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Aug 4, 2022 | Ambassador, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Emerging Church, MCOI Journal, mysticism, Oprah Winfrey, Paganism, Parliament of the Worlds Religions, Rob Bell, Satanic RItual Abuse, Satanism, Satanists, Tolerance, Wicca, Winter/Spring 2016
(Although this was originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal it is a mere precursor to what we see today!) Though I no longer consider myself a Christian, I’m still keeping a space for God in my heart. I didn’t lose my religion. Instead,...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jul 26, 2022 | Buddhism, Centering Prayer, Contemplative Prayer, Mindfulness, mysticism, New Age
Editor’s Note: Although some Buddhist concepts are explained here, the thrust of the article is to describe the Western take on Buddhism via the New Age and the secular culture, and how some of its practices and concepts, especially Mindfulness, have migrated to the...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 21, 2022 | Buddhism, Contemplative Prayer, mysticism, Progressives, Richard Foster, Richard Rohr, Willow Creek Community Church
Around 1825 Charles Finney introduced the “altar call” into his ministry endeavors. Initially, Finney used it to recruit his new converts to join his abolition movement.1In addition to becoming a widely-popular Christian evangelist, Finney was involved with social...
by Marcia Montenegro | Jun 2, 2022 | Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, Gnostic, Richard Rohr, Roman Catholic
Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar, is “the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation and academic dean of the CAC’s Living School” in Albuquerque, NM.1The core Faculty of the CAC are Father Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Barbara Holmes, Rev....
by Marcia Montenegro | Apr 7, 2022 | Bill Gaultiere, Claudio Naranjo, Contemplative Prayer, Cosmic Christ, Enneagram, Gnostic, Occult, Paganism, Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Suzanne Stabile
The distortions of God continue unchecked in the culture of the Enneagram celebrities. A recent example is Rev. Michael John Cusick, M.A., L.P.C., founder and CEO of Restoring the Soul, an organization in Colorado. IAN CRON recently promoted Michael John Cusick on his...
