Tag: crucifixion

Mystical Experience: What if you met Buddha, Jesus, and Paul on a road?

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Currently, I am teaching a university course on the mystical experience, and one of the major issues that we confront is: What does a mystical experience look like? There are many answers to this question, but I would like to offer two pictures today: one from Buddhism and one from Christianity. Let’s begin with Buddhism. Read More …

Luke 24:1-12 “But…Then”

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It’s a little hard for me to write about Sunday today, because while we look toward Easter Sunday, today is Good Friday. The day of crucifixion — the most solemn day of the entire Christian calendar. Before you can have resurrection, death must come first. However, it’s exactly from this space of hopelessness and despair Read More …