Happiness and Starving People
People starve to death. It’s a thought which haunts me, although I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that it’s not for the reasons you might...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Dec 2, 2012
- 5 min
First Sunday of Advent – Waiting
I’ve said before that the events which lead to my husband and my separation last year was so intense and sordid that it would have made a...
- Nov 20, 2012
- 4 min
Thanksgiving Family Survival Guide
An oldie but a goody! BTW, I have something you’re going to love in the works for y’all. If you enjoy the advice I share here, you’re...
- Nov 3, 2012
- 9 min
Why I don’t consider abortion when voting
Let me be clear up-front: I do not support a right to abortion on demand. In fact, if I were made ruler of the universe, I would make...
- Oct 24, 2012
- 7 min
“What is truth?”
So, are you sick of the arguments yet? You know the arguments – Romney vs Obama. “Job Creators” vs Inequality. Creationism vs Evolution....
- Aug 29, 2012
- 7 min
A Christian Feminism*
When I first started looking at the issue of women in the bible, I wasn’t attached to any particular set of ideas about women and men. As...
- Jun 19, 2012
- 4 min
Allow Me to Screw Up Your Sex Life a Bit
In the old pagan world, sex and religion were all tied up together. Temple prostitutes and depictions of group sex on ancient Hindu...
- Jun 4, 2012
- 4 min
Loving Yourself, Loving Your Neighbor
Several years ago, I had an odd experience while in prayer. I don’t remember what I was praying about, and I’m afraid my explanation...
- Jun 4, 2012
- 3 min
Suffering and Stories
“Then it was you who wounded Aravis?” “It was I.” “But what for?” “Child,” said the Voice, “I am telling you your story, not hers. I tell...
- May 17, 2012
- 3 min
The Myth of Sex by Tim Muldoon
I came across this today at patheos.com and I thought it was so beautiful that I’m totally cutting and pasting the whole darn thing...
- May 17, 2012
- 3 min
What do you do with people who just don’t get it?
OK, I’m going to let y’all in on a conundrum I’m currently dealing with: how to stay in relationship with people who “don’t get it”. You...
- Mar 23, 2012
- 5 min
Hi. Remember Me?
Ugh, I’ve been struggling to figure out how to write this post for several days, but no clever ideas have come to me so I suppose I may...
- Feb 12, 2012
- 4 min
I Need an Editor. Or Something. . . Forgiving. For Real.
(I spent the weekend with Mr. Kennedy a couple of years earlier when his son Teddy got married. We were both just-outside-the-inner-circ...
- Jan 27, 2012
- 11 min
What to do if someone starts crying in front of you
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. ~Kenji Miyazawa In the spring of 2000, I received a phone call informing me...
- Jan 15, 2012
- 5 min
I’m a byword for neurosis
by·word/ˈbīˌwərd/Noun: A person or thing cited as a notorious and outstanding example or embodiment of something. A word or expression...
- Dec 22, 2011
- 2 min
Be a candle
Loneliness can be a deep, vast sea to those who have no one waiting for them on shore. Open your heart to someone you know is floating in...
- Dec 1, 2011
- 2 min
Be Wrong . . . All the Time
What I now see as unacceptable are all of the strategies we use to keep ourselves from having to face our own errors. I have found that...
- Nov 30, 2011
- 1 min
It’s nothing personal
Pass It On! Tweet Email More Print Share on Tumblr WhatsApp #encouragement #enjoylife #life #relationsips
- Nov 28, 2011
- 1 min
3 Immutable Laws of Life
1. Life is hard. 2. Life is not fair. 3. You cannot change other people. These are not bugs in the system of our life. These are the...
- Nov 23, 2011
- 3 min
Thanksgiving Family Survival Guide
1. Develop an Appreciation for the Absurd: My grandmother once had to be dragged away by a horrified aunt from her very concerned...
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