This essay on religion, science, gender and the Earth is one of the most difficult things I’ve written. Part One ~ Part Two The composition process felt like…
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This essay on religion, science, gender and the Earth is one of the most difficult things I’ve written. Part One ~ Part Two The composition process felt like…
A year ago I set myself a project, an experiment, a journey, a spiritual quest. I wanted to discover, uncover, delineate and define my religion.…
A sick and hateful man killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. My heart goes out to the families of those who have been killed. A community has been wounded, and in some way we are all hurt by such violence. As Maitri notes, we are all in the gutter.
But I didn’t think I’d have anything to say about it myself, until I saw this photo.
BART, you probably haven’t read about this [forwarded message: Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin?] ––––– you are so brilliant, and I understand how your mind was to reject Jesus, but He is the only way to salvation, He is the only God who died on the cross for our sins–––statues of buddah, baal and Hinduisms and islam and everything else is NOT the way to anything===go back to reading the Bible and before each reading ask God to help you understand. In these last days, you want to be prepared for heaven and the final judgement–––I am so serious, I really hope you understand that I love you and Christy and Persephone––––wouldn’t be much of an aunt if I didn’t at least tell you how important you are.
We gather by the side of the road on the edge of an urban forest. I know the others only because they are dressed like…
March 14, 2012: International Day of Action to Defend Blasphemers and Apostates. I suppose I am both an apostate and a blasphemer, at least by…
We’ve had the habit for many years of constantly making stock. We are always saving any bits of vegetables left after slicing and dicing —…
What’s in an Acronym I work at an HBCU. That acronym is not recognized by my spellchecker, nor was it in my vocabulary until I…
I’m not quite in my right mind today, thanks to some cold medicine I took this morning. So this might be the perfect time to…
It’s been almost two weeks since I got back from POD 2010, and I still haven’t managed to write about it. But I find I…
Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future by Bron Taylor My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here’s a rarity — an academic book…
Some people criticize the green movement for being almost like a religious faith. Others say the green movement has lost touch with its spiritual roots.…
Dear Aunt Ron, Thanks for Persephone’s birthday gift. It will probably take her a while to grow into those clothes, but better too big than…
Check out my new podcast, Anonymous Informants. I started this to learn more about podcasting, improve my interviewing techniques, and explore some issues that I…
Regarding the current foofaraw being raised over remarks by Obama’s former pastor, Xy made the following observation: If I could hear preaching like that, I’d…
A question to all the Christians out there: How would you like to see non-Christians act with regard to Christmas? How can we be both…
So last night, in his big “religion” speech, Mitt Romney warned of nefarious forces bent on “establishing a new religion in America — the religion…
Xy and I did something today that we’ve never done together before: We went to church. Oh sure, we’ve gone into church buildings together. We…
Viriler. That’s the word I used as the first play of our first game of Scrabble last night. (It was four-way Scrabble: Xy vs. me…
We’ve just about fleshed out the itinerary for our upcoming trip, and I realize now that we’ll be at my parents’ house on Sunday morning.…