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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Your Monday Blessing: The Company
Look, you’ve been fine. I have been thoroughly entertained, if that was your concern. Damn near heroic, in places. I even liked the bits where you lost your way, clambered about the stage – not that I was rooting for … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional Poetry, Your Monday Blessing
Tagged ecology, humility, living a good life, stars, theatre
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The Marriage Ruling
It was a courtyard bell ringing, tugged by a hundred million hearts, just as the service starts. It was Marion Anderson singing, as Lincoln watched. It was the Stonewall that cried, “no more.” It was the jagged piece of our … Continue reading
Your Monday Blessing: Consider Your Eyelids
Consider your eyelids as open palms, a child’s hands. At the end of the day – the good day, the bad day – they stretch out towards the heart in offering, giving the day back to Papa.
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Thug or mentally ill?
Thug, or mentally ill? Let’s consider the evidence: * Racist hate groups’ constant rhetoric of “they’re taking over” * Assault-weapon gun ownership (for protection) involving less paperwork then a fishing license * The most overpriced health care system in the … Continue reading
A reflection on Caitlyn Jenner, Rachel Dolezal, and the American art of reinvention
For those who can afford it, America has always been a land rich in the possibilities for reinvention. Long before The Great Gatsby, people in this country have seized the opportunity to remake themselves in the image of that which … Continue reading
Posted in Random Writings
Tagged America, Caitlyn Jenner, Christianity, justice, Rachel Dolezal, The American Dream
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Your Monday Blessing
May it always be November in your wisdom, March in your hope, and June in your heart.
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In Defense of Ice Cream as a Spiritual Practice
In Defense of Ice Cream as a Spiritual Practice First of all, ice cream is utterly destructive to the body. Let go of all the brittle little lies about calcium; please don’t talk to me of endorphins’ role in stress … Continue reading
Your Monday Blessing: Breathing in, breathing out
Through me, the earth breathes in. Through me, the earth breathes out. In the present moment, through me, the earth breathes in. In the present moment, through me, the earth breathes out. Through my gaps, through my brokenness, the earth … Continue reading
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Tagged breath, Buddhism, earth, ecology, loving-kindness
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