Show Stai 4B Saturday October 1 1994 Standard-Examin- er Ch E No Teacher bringing Zen message to Utah Emphasis is on ‘the art of being fully present’ Scott By TIM GURRISTER Standard E xammef staft Oregon-base- d simply a person not any kind of divine being but a person who was awake and free" Morrison said “But anybody who stands out in an extraordinary way like that within about two or three generations his followers will make him a Morrison Zen teacher is on the road for 10 months of the year SALT LAKE CITY — A teacher of Zen is visiting a Salt Lake church to imparl “the art of being present" That's how Scott Morrison fully a ducting a meditation workshop today at Unity of Salt Lake 7136 S founder in the American Zen Society describes his message in a telephone interview from Coos Bay 1700 East Ore “When I live anywhere it's here in Coos Bay" he said noting he’s on the road about 10 months out of the year lecturing He will be con- - god" The thing about Zen Morrison said “is it dovetails so beautifully with science It’s a verifiable spiritual path" The science it links with is psychology he said but not the Western on brand centered “psycho-pathologas in curing mental illness Zen’s thousands of years of history looks into the full possibilities of the mind via “insight meditation” he said “It’s mappings of human consciousness that dwarf the West’s y" He said what he’s doing isn’t religion but it is spiritual “You could Alcall it Buddhist psychology though most Asians sec Buddhism as a religion in Buddha's teachings he very clearly said that he was fZentWorksHop! WHO: Scott Morrison founding teacher American Zen Society WHAT: Meditation workshop Donation suggested but admittance free WHEN: Today 10 am to 5 pm WHERE: Unity of Salt Lake 7136 S 1700 East Salt Lake City Can 8 for information 942-240- psycho-patholog- y" He said Harvard Medical School incorporates Zen into its curriculum as behavioral medicine “Traditional Zen in America has been very sluggish" he said “involved in trying to protect its own An tradition and practices amazing amount of clarity is being held back from Americans" The message boils down to love and compassion he said “not the naive 1960s hippie love but an attitude of instead of adversarial achievement or competition where someone has to lose a world where everybody wins “This is something that has not occurred to many people” It’s Morrison’s second visit to Unity of Salt Lake which Unity’s administrative coordinator Robin Nelson described as a “nondenomi-nation- al spiritual community" of 400 open to all Membership in- cludes practicing Mormons she said and her Lutheran minister husband (Update ous Support sought for Th cnti-cborti- OGDEN — Four in five working Americans condition of the poor and selfishness arc serious national local As 635 Rei 941 19C da chtl 6 P 135 Ra' an Grt Ste 1 an an information dui Nui call 7 2 But ask them what they in life and the same numbers say having a beautiful home a new car and other nice things These arc among the findings of a new national study on work money and religion that reveals a desire of many Americans to lead simpler gentler lifestyles even as they find themselves caught in the rat race Stc Cri SALT LAKE CITY — Most Utahns pray regularly and believe their prayers arc answered mostly in the affirmative according to a new poll The latest copyright Deseret News-KS- L poll by Dan Jones & Associates indicates that 72 percent of Utahns pray on a regular basis Poll results showed that 17 Ca 9 £ wo pn vie Ms Su 10: 80 Ge ar 9:1 pr 10 Pe Su Eighty-fiv- e Nu Pr St percent of those Jr who pray on a regular basis believe that their prayers are answered affirmatively while only 3 percent believe their prayers usually are not answered Ninety-fiv- e percent pray for personal concerns for their loved ones and for global issues such as world peace and homelessness 11 se Bi Cl 45 La Oc 47 Bi Argentine leader honored for work “Hpw serious a problem do you think each of the following is in de Si se NEW YORK — Argentine President Carlos Menem has : J Tne Associated Students and teachers gather at daybreak to pray in front of Selfishness Chambersburg Area Senior High School n in Chambersburg Pa on Sept 21 as part of a “See You At the Pole” observance Nationwide about 1 million students participated in the event Materialism Crash victim’s songs of faith How important is each of the following to you? (Percent responding “absolutely essential “very important” or “fairly important”) By JEFFREY BAIR Associated Press a hidfHMMiSotM UnspirationaliJyrics — In the months before crash church singer PITTSBURGH compelled to share his religion with others His pastor called him a “winsome witness” — a devout person who was shy about spreading the word of Having a beautiMhomef new car and other hide thirigp a Wearing race clothes fofpleurefV "andseeinterestinM Ability to travel The lyrics to “As We Sail To Heaven's Shore” words by Phill McHugh music by Greg Nelson copyright 1986 River Oaks Music Co (a division of The Sparrow CorpCareers-BMMusic Publishing IncGreg Nelson Music) All rights reserved Used by permission God and story of Jesus lw Eating out at nice restaurants Source-199- 2 national survey of 2013 working Americans reported in the “God and Mammon in America” book The Associated Press Religion docs appear to help individuals lead more ethical lives in the marketplace but sociologist Robert Wuthnow also found substantial evidence many people are turning to churches and synagogues more to salve their conscience than challenge it “We live in a materialistic culture and we want money and possessions and very few people have heard a powerful voice telling them to resist those impulses or how to resist those impulses” said Wuth-Jiowho reports the study findings tn his new book “God and Mammon in America" due out this week from The Free Press “The point is the clergy need to be speaking more forthrightly and boldly on these issues" w The national Gallup survey of See MAMMON on 2R Christ Lynn 26 was planning to devote more time to a religious music ministry at the time he and 131 others died in the Sept 8 crash of USAir Flight 427 near Pittsburgh International Airport But death it seems has not stopped his calling A tape recording of “As We Sail To Heaven's Shore" a ballad Lynn sang in church days before the crash is touching the hearts of relatives of Flight 427's passengers as well as people with no connection to the accident “It's ironic that his faith and testimony in that song are reaching more people in his death than he ever could have imagined" said the Rev Michael Alficri adult ministries pastor at First Evangelical Free Church where Lynn was head soloist The song tells of a journey to heaven on stormy seas with God's hand guiding the way Lynn’s performance and the lyrics by Phill McHugh have moved many to tears including dozens at a small service Monday for several passengers from rural southwestern Pennsylvania The tape also was played in Pittsburgh four 1 Storms may rise on seas unknown While we journey toward our home Surely we'll learn what grace is for As we sail to heaven's shore Send us strength 0 pilgrim guide Sin would drown us in its tide Be close at hand and go before As we sail to heaven's shore Holy Spirit lead us on Give us courage bring the song Lord we trust Your Father's care WHI convey us safely there Open or seal off every door As we sail to heaven's shore Straighten our course with every prayer Let heaven's breezes speed us there And grant us mercy evermore As we sail to heaven's shore Draw us near 0 finest Friend From dawn's light to evening's end Each passing day we love You more As we sail to heaven’s shore As we saH to heaven's shore 1 Press days after the crash for thousands of people at an outdoor memorial service for Flight 427 passengers As Lynn's voice echoed off nearby buildings his family and fellow churchgoers bowed their heads just as Lynn asked them to do Aug 28 still live on when he sang in church “He wanted us to think about the song as a prayer" said his father Glenn Lynn of White Oak a Pittsburgh suburb The song is keeping volunteers busy at First Evangelical a Protestant church in McKeesport near Pittsburgh The church is giving away copies of the tape to more than 1000 people who have called and written from as far away as Colorado Alabama and Florida USAir requested six dozen tapes of Lynn’s on piatenor accompanied by his mother-in-lano Christian bookstores in the Pittsburgh area sold out of contemporary Christian singer Steve Green’s album “Find Us Faithful" which includes another version of the song When Pittsburgh radio stations went silent for 5 seconds exactly one week after the crash top 40 radio station WBZZ returned to play Lynn’s tape Several television news reports have included the song Greg Nelson wrote the music McHugh of Nashville Tcnn said the words came to him suddenly seven years ago after he left a friend at an airport “I've traveled a lot over the years and I’ve always fell this sense of sadness in airports" said McHugh 43 “There’s always a lot of hurry and excitement and people going here and there I know it’s a cliche to say everyone’s in a hurry and should slow down but it’s the truth" Glenn Lynn said his son began singing “just about before he could talk" and always worked hard with First Evangelical's priests to pick just the right song for Sunday services He said his son a computer programmer for PNC Financial Corp had talked about beginning his own musical ministry w 1 God’s classroom and its lessons are all around us P-- mi been honored by an ecumenical organization for his leadership in restoring democracy and strengthening human rights in Argentina Menem received the Appeal of Conscience La da a mi 5C sc Foundation’s 61 1994 World Statesman Award at a ceremony Monday In his acceptance speech Me- Pc za w 35 47 nem noted Argentina has committed itself to a scries of international and regional treaties on human rights and BI 3S vi im es- tablished domestic institutions to protect the rights of citizens and prisoners Menem also said he considered freedom of religion “of utmost importance” and stressed his government's commitment to find and punish those responsible for a July bombing that de- S Ri 5 Wl Bi 6: a Jewish community in Buenos Aires and killed nearly 100 people stroyed building O' a st he Former boxer is now a minister Si PHILADELPHIA — Heavyweight boxing contender Marvin Frazier says he docs not think the transition from boxer to full-timan of God will be too difficult Frazier was ordained Sunday as a Pentecostal minister at a three-hoservice at Faith Temple of God in North Philadelphia “I was a little bit nervous beforehand but I figured preach- ing couldn’t be as hard as facing Larry Holmes or Mike Tyson” Frazier said of the only two men who beat him in the ring as a professional “Then again now I'm fighting the devil and those two can't be badder than the devil can they?" The first person to congratulate the new minister was his fa- c SF vc pc tic pr or ur Fs lO' fo R M at Cl A di m 6! p ther Joe Frazier the former B tt heavyweight champion The younger Frazier who retired from the ring in 1988 with a record of 21-- 2 said he had been a deacon in the church for 5 years oi a o ci h 1 had just arrived at work and the sight startled me They just lay there crumpled on the ground not moving At first I thought someone had hurt them and left them for dead But upon opening my car door and hearing their snoring my anxiety turned into amusement They were sound asleep: Two men — one white one black both elderly and obviously homeless — in from of the Long Beach building Each one jCalif) was curled up in the opposite corners of the Jarge window to the printing press Who inows how long they had been there ’! I can imagine they had stopped by the tymdow in the wee hours of the morning I hat’s time at the P-- 1 and Jlie presses arc usually running in high gear The men may have been captivated by the sight and sounil of those huge machines spinning the yarn of the day’s events: Haitian invasions and Hollywood mndames Press-Telegra- m paper-producti- JOY THOMPSON Kmglil Ridder Nrwspapm Business mergers and partisan politics Crime the economy and concerns The pair may even have wondered aloud “So much news So much going on in the world So much to get all worked up about" And then they fell asleep And here it was about 3 pm on a sunny afternoon and I was about to start my work shift I had to laugh they looked so comfortable I hoped that no one would disturb them But I was also a bit envious When I think think “pump newspaper I think deadlines it up pump it up!" I think stress Yet these guys had the audacity to lie in front of my workplace and sleep? God bless them I thought God was using them to back-to-scho- ol 1 teach me a lesson “God always uses real-lif- e situations to demonstrate spiritual principles" says Carol Bray the women’s ministry leader of my church She had just returned from a trip to Manila in the Philippines where she was struck by the miserable poverty But she was even more moved by the proplc’s hearts Carol and others had visited a huge garbage dump that was home to thousands of Filipinos There people actually lived and supported themselves on garbage She described the sight as emotionally overwhelming But while distributing simple items to these people — food soap toothbrushes — Carol was blown away by their sincere expressions of gratitude They were excited that someone had remembered them She in turn was humbled by their humility The experience caused her to examine her the own gratefulness and to things church members complain about She now has a firm conviction that Americans arc rich compared to most people in the world And if you arc wont to much complaining she’ll respond in a heartbeat "You flat out need to be grateful" I found myself in God's classroom in front of the the other day The lesson was about worry Too often I apply a deadline mentality to my personal life: I've got to make this appointment run this errand buy this buy that Make this goal make that goal Run run run Spiritually speaking 1 needed to chill Yes I have responsibilities and I need to make sure those responsibilities arc carried out But I’m not God and there arc some things that arc way beyond my control “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Malt 6:27) No preacher could have said it more clearly than those two old men And this time I was taking notes Joy Thompson Is the religion editor of the Long Teach (Calif) Press-Telegra- m Tress-Telegra- I yoi Most Utahns pray regularly problems consider important lHaving rallying do not pray and 9 percent pray as the need arises The poll of 605 adults was conducted Aug 23-2- 5 and has a 4 percent margin of error say the - riuvt (The breakdown of families arc vocates E ad- Anti-aborti- percent of Utahns interviewed By DAVID BRIGGS Associated Press ' Fr PoH: Churches rarely condemn greed jThe condition of the poor on Got churches’ support for participation in the National Life Chain Sunday Donald AJ Meyer a member of Saints Alive in Jesus said participants will gather along Rivcrdalc Road at 37th Street at 2:30 pm for an hourlong rally They will join demonstrators nationwide who will gather in memory of unborn aborted fetuses The National Life Chain is an annual event that began in California in 1987 Meyer said 000 signs decrying abortion will be distributed at the Church on the Terrace 3717 Grant Avc before the ral- - 394-255- a taboo our society? (Percent responding "extremely serious" or “serious”) 479 rally on For Still " gro ea !y Praying at the pole Money: RELIGION vs Retreat leader to serve as bishop BOSTON — A retreat leader and counselor to clergy was consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts More than 4000 bishops priests and lay church members attended the two-hoceremony Saturday for the Rev M Thom- as Shaw III at Boston University’s Walter Brown arena which was transformed into a cathedral for the occasion Sluiw a retreat leader preacher and priest of the Society of St John the Evangelist will serve as bishop coadjutor with the present bishop of the diocese Bishop David E Johnson — Standard Lsammcr stall and v ire services Cl G C C 0 a s c c 1 j V V ( r 8 j ( r j t f j ! |