Hello Dalai
The Dalai Lama weighed in on Osama Bin Laden and the possibility of forgiveness today. As a human being, Bin Laden may have deserved compassion and even forgiveness, the Dalai…
How Do We Feel About God’s Forgiveness of Bin Laden?
I can see the anger spewing already at the sight of this post… “God forgave Bin Laden? No way! The guy was evil. He got it all wrong. He made…
Is It Wrong to Celebrate Bin Laden’s Death?
Linton Weeks from National Public Radio emailed me after reading some of my comments on the need to forgive Bin Laden. And he wrote this outstanding column exploring much of…
Peruvian President Believes that the Pope Who Forgave His Assassin Took Out Osama
The President of Peru claims that John Paul II’s first miracle (which already happened BTW. He cured a woman from Parkinson’s. Guess the President missed that one) was ridding the…
Can We Forgive Bin Laden? – Update
On September 11th, I had the day off. Ordinarily, I would have been in the city, but a doctor’s appointment kept me in Queens. As the day wound on, I…
Daring to Leave the Upper Room
The two disciples who get known for less than stellar disciple behavior (other than Judas) are Peter and the center of today’s gospel Thomas, the doubter. But what we fail…