“All spiritual growth is really about letting go of something. It’s not about gaining anything.“  – Rev. Michael Beckwith

I happened to see an Oprah ‘summer rerun’ this afternoon.  The topic: finding one’s spiritual path.  Ahh, I treated myself – it was a pleasure actually sitting down and watching a show without distractions.  The guests included a panel of ‘spiritual’ thought leaders including Rev. Michael Beckwith, Rev. Ed Bacon of a ‘progressive’ Episcopolian church in California and Elizabeth Lesser of the Omega Institute (gosh did I used to love looking at their catalogs!).

Below, and interspersed throughout this post, I’m going to quote what was said during the show, which Oprah has put up on her site summarizing the people’s stories shared, because one day she may take those words down and they are so powerful I want to always be able to look at them again.

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A colleague sent me this YouTube video today.  I decided to post it here because this is the best presentation I think I’ve seen where the speaker very carefully teased out the so-called rationalizations anti-gay groups and individuals use to ‘sound the fear alarm’ when it comes to same sex marriage.

I’d love to see this guy – I think his name is Rob Tish (or at least that’s his YouTube username) – do a video on the Bible in the same manner.

Rob Tish would be great at ‘pulling apart’ and listing the so-called anti-gay verses from the Bible and shedding more truth on them.

What do you think?  I know one thought I’m sure of today – thanks Rob!