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Still Mulling Over Mitt Scissorhands
2012-05-16 Apparently the story of Mitt Romney’s highschool “hijinks” has now moved on from the news cycle, and that’s a relief. But I’m still mulling it over. I find it on my mind and heart as I pray, garden, or wash the dishes. I suspect that this didn’t change any votes: Those who were…
Read MoreMoving at the speed of gratitude
2014-10-07 This morning Sitting with the grief of more painful news I pick up my pen And begin moving at the speed of gratitude For a community that holds each other in sorrow and in rage For the light that wakes us and nourishes creation For the dark that heals us and rests the world Today I…
Read MoreRazor Blades and Ebola: Processing Fear
2014-10-09 Recently we have had a front row seat to observe low-level panic and smoldering fear. The headlines have been shrill: “Ebola Spread to the US Inevitable.” “Why America is Not Ready for an Ebola Outbreak.” “My Daughter’s Ebola Scare.” Polls show that forty-percent of Americans believe there will be an Ebola outbreak in the…
Read MoreWho Do You Listen To?
2014-10-13 Who do you let in? These days we have lots of options for who and what we listen to. We can opt to experience constant input at every moment, via the television, radio, internet, cable, social media, on our phones, in our cars, even–yes, I confess, I’ve done it more than once–glancing at things…
Read MoreWhat To Do With Privilege After Ferguson
2014-09-23 When I went to Ferguson I thought I had something to offer. I was wrong. There was nothing for me to offer. When I was immersed in hundreds of voices chanting “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” I raised my white hands. I raised my white voice. But all the while I knew that the pain…
Read MoreHome Making
2014-08-04 I just scheduled a hair cut. It took me a little while, but it needed to happen. We’ve been in our new home for just under two weeks, it’s summertime, I need a hair cut. I’ve been keeping my eye out for hair cutters in our new neighborhood. I looked up area hair stylists…
Read MoreWhat to Say?
2014-08-06 A plane was shot down over the Ukraine, but I didn’t blog about it because, what after all is there to say about the fact that hundreds of people were killed by a missile that was really only intended to kill a few people? “People are not only brutal, they are also stupid” is…
Read MoreSpiritual but not Superstitious (Mystical Without the Mumbling)
2014-08-07 “Spirituality” is emotion. Sometimes the spiritual emotion springs from a consciously adopted attitude toward the world we see around us. Sometimes it hits us unexpectedly. A “spiritual experience” can be anything from the warm-fuzzy feeling we get singing a song we love to the inexpressible “mystical” experience of feeling one with all that is.…
Read MoreIt’s Not Just Ferguson
2014-08-14 When a toaster keeps producing burnt toast, we don’t blame the bread—we fix the toaster. When a dishwasher won’t wash the dishes, we don’t blame the dishes—we fix the dishwasher. Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Ezell Ford (a young man in L.A. yesterday). All African-American. All unarmed. And all dead. The drum beat…
Read MoreThe Rise of the Totally Awesome ‘Whatever’ God
2014-08-14 “Moralistic therapeutic deism.” That’s the term sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton coined to describe the religious beliefs of the average North American. Rev. Robert Vinciguerra calls it “egonovism,” a neologism constructed of “ego” and “novo,” new. Rev. Rob claims that most Americans are Egonovists, even though most don’t know it. http://revrob.com/society-topmenu-49/223-continued-observations-on-the-egonovism-of-american-society-and-dialogs-with-egonovists Why…
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