Three teen guys were hanging out in my vicinity at the mall. The T-shirt of one said “Heavenly” and showed art of praying hands. Maybe these are youth group friends?…
Karma—False Advertising
Tag: Buddhism
Manmade Nothingness
The following paragraph is from Japan missionary Stella Cox’s February 2022 newsletter. Stella, being around 90 years of age, has long seen and understood the emptiness in Buddhist and Shinto…
Trendy Ain’t Always Cool
Nobody likes to be viewed as out of step, uncool. So we tend to latch on to whatever is deemed trendy, even if it’s a tad vulgar (like words that…
America’s Shift Toward Buddhism
This one-hour audio is the workshop I led (with my sister) at the 2014 International Conference on Missions. The recording deals with mysticism and interspirituality, as well as Buddhism. The…
Buddhism Basics
Because there are many branches of Buddhism (and multiple contradictory teachings within), it’s tricky to nail down what we might call Buddhism 101. But that’s sorta what you’ve got with…