Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
The first term of the Clinton administration was very jolly. Everybody was running around meeting people and of course, in the second term, everyone went down the black hole, which also happened at the end of the Reagan administration.
Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me its a form of sacrament.
That's what I've decided I am. A seeker of wisdom and truth.
The Europeans have fallen away from religion and the church while the rest of the world is seemingly more religious. I don't know how to explain it.
One of the reasons the Europeans don't like the Muslims is because they are religious. Americans like the fact that they are religious. They just don't like the form it takes.
I think the Catholic and Protestant churches have become very stagnant.
Those who are religious or who have any beliefs have so much to choose from.
So many of the problems we have today are because people don't respect the beliefs of others.
I now consider myself quite religious and spiritual although that sounds like a terrible cliche.
Europe is endearingly old fashioned in its secularism.
Newspapers don't write enough about serious religious issues.
How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.
Everyone seems to be searching and yearning for answers whatever they may be. And that ends up being some kind of spiritual or religious belief.
My feeling is that a newspaper should serve its readers and it just seems to me that given what is going in the world, people are hungry for something.
I just had a thought that perhaps religion is so vibrant here is because of the melting pot aspect to our society. WE have so many cultures here in the US and they all bring something new to their religious experiences.
When we stop and reflect things begin to happen and sometimes we get the essence of God when we are just quiet.
Silence is deeply important in all of our lives.
When you say you don't get religion, you're just saying that you don't get organized religion.
"Everyone gets meaning in different ways."
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