Don't Be Satisfied With Just Pumping Blood.

Of The 22 Industrialized Nations Of The World, We're Dead Last In Per Capita Giving To Poor People.

The Traditional Spokespersons For The Evangelicals, Such As Chuck Colson And James Dobson, Have Become Alarmed About This Drift Away From The 'family Values' Issues That They Believe Should Be The Overwhelming Concerns Of Evangelicals. They Have Expressed Their Displeasure In Letters Of Protest Circulated Through The Religious Media.

Freud Taught Us That It Wasn't God That Imposed Judgment On Us And Made Us Feel Guilty When We Stepped Out Of Line. Instead, It Was The Superego - That Idealized Concept Of What A Good Person Is Supposed To Be And Do - Given To Us By Our Parents, That Condemned Us For What Had Been Hitherto Regarded As Ungodly Behavior.

Beyond These Models Of Reconciliation, A Theology Of Mysticism Provides Some Hope For Common Ground Between Christianity And Islam. Both Religions Have Within Their Histories Examples Of Ecstatic Union With God, Which Seem At Odds With Their Own Spiritual Traditions But Have Much In Common With Each Other.

Often, We Ignore The Fact That Our Spiritual Condition And Psychological State Of Mind Are Highly Affected By What Is Happening To Us Physically. Sometimes Depression Is Simply The Result Of Exhaustion.