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What's New In JJB? Dear Grandpa, Can We Talk?It's Not America's World Anymore GO
The Dao of Fungi: A Process Theology of Mycology GO
A Theology of Fresh Tomatoes: Reflections on Gardening, Community, and Prayer GO
Ten Ideas for Saving the Planet: A Process Approach to Sustainability GO
Evelyn Glennie:
Listening as Touching GO The Spiritual Side of Sustainability: Gratitude, Awe, and Connections GO
Is Hope Contageous? Dancing Badly with Matt Harding GO
Living in the Milky Way: Think Galactically, Act Locally, Walk in Love
(In English and Chinese)GO 
We Who Carry Our Brains: Neural Plasticity and Process Theology GO
Prayer and Planetarity:
Praying for People, Animals, and Earth GO Where is God in Alzheimer's Disease? Process Theology and God's Memory GO
The Colors of the Past: The Art of Melissa-Cowper Smith G0
Do You Believe in Magic? The Music and Wisdom of Jerry Yester GO
| What is JJB?
An international magazine Encouraging East-West dialog And a creative exchange of ideas Concerning food, music, art, religion, Philosophy, culture, education, and science. We have readers from different parts of the world. We have articles in Chinese and Korean as well as in English. We are influenced by ecological and multicultural points of view. We are writing for poets, homemakers, artists, and musicians; For waitresses, philosophers, cooks, and store clerks; For all who want to live simply and creatively, With respect for life and environment. We believe that life is more fundamental than Religion, than politics, than philosophy. The aim of religion and philosophy, of politics and economics, Of art and science, Is to enhance Life. We think that everything around us is alive In its own way, its own time, its own space. Wherever things are showing themselves, There is a kind of creativity. An energy. Even the mountains and oceans Are alive in their ways. Long Before there was human Consciousness There was Life. East and West have their distinctive ways of living. But there is more to human life than East and West. Over time we will gradually expand our horizons To include other regions of the world. We want To help create a global conversation among People who are curious about the world, Who appreciate different cultures, Who seek wisdom, who want To live compassionately. In service to the poor. And the vulnerable. And the powerless. Who are awed By the stars. Who trust Beauty. Some of us are influenced by the organic philosophy. Of the late philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead. We believe His ideas form a bridge between East and West and a bridge Toward a more Sustainable Future. Whitehead believed that the universe consists of events, of happenings, of occasions. Animals and plants, hills and rivers, Trees and stars, life and death: They are all happenings. Their being includes their becoming. And their becoming is inherently relational. The universe is a vast network of inter-happenings. No happening is isolated. Even God is a Happening. God is the Happening whose love includes all happenings. Your reading these words is a happening, too. Our writing them is a happening as well. We are together through the sharing. Even as we are apart in space. We are inter-happening. Perhaps the world would be A better place if we realized the Uniqueness, the preciousness, the Small but irreplaceable beauty of each Happening, each occasion, each moment. This is part of the wisdom of Zen. It invites us To appreciate the sacrament of each present moment. One of the best ways to know moments is to see them. Or touch them. Or taste them. Or hear them. Or dance them. We think insights come through images and sounds, Through movements and feelings, through Intimacy with others and silences In the heart. Written and spoken words Are wonderful. But good ideas Are not reducible to words. Some of the best ideas can only be danced or sung. JJB is a worldwide community of life-lovers. Just read and enjoy the articles as you wish. Share them with friends and discuss them. Evaluate them and critique them freely. Always add ideas of your own. Nobody Has a monopoly on wisdom. We are seeking truth together. People ask why we are called Jesus, Jazz, and Buddhism. If you are curious About our name, or want to see a list of our advisors. Or want to get a better sense of our outlook on life, Please go to a page called About JJB. If you want to know more about Whitehead, Or what it means to think in a Whiteheadian way, You might begin by considering the twenty key ideas in An article on this site called What Do Process Thinkers Believe? But our aim is not to turn people into Whiteheadians. The world does not need one philosophy or religion. It needs Many philosophies and religions, all of which help us live with Respect for life and environment, with justice and wisdom, With love and understanding, enjoyment and wonder. The world needs science, too. Many forms of it. The world needs polydox not orthodoxy. The world needs manyness. If you are drawn to ideas like this, You've come to the right place. Send us a note. Tell us about Your life and interests. Offer us suggestions. Share some poems. Or some images. Or some songs. Thanks. |
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