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I Have to Save Christmas!!

by | Dec 1, 2013 | Feelings

Last year, Christmas was basically ruined for my two youngest kids and myself by an awful family situation on Christmas night (and the two days leading up to it). My changing beliefs which tell me to pull back, although I wasn’t over-the-top about it to begin...

It’s strange, but I kinda miss church.

by | Dec 1, 2013 | Feelings

Several of us have told of how much community is lost when they leave a church, especially when the exit was, well, forced. There is community here, sure, though it’s not the same as a physical church group. I’ve joined a pagan full moon circle (as part of...

Exercise: see a therapist

by | Nov 30, 2013 | Exercises

This is a famous photograph of Einstein talking with his therapist. He struggled with depression. Yes while saving the world! So, today’s Saturday spiritual supplement is probably one of the most difficult things we can do. It was something that was so hard for...

church as self-harm

by | Nov 26, 2013 | Spirituality

http://theunsparedrod.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/outloud/   i wrote this tonight about church last night (sunday). i thought belonging would make things easier. somehow i thought i could do this. all i have found is that while i belong, i also do not believe as...

I’m certain that I’m uncertain.

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Feelings

I have lots of uncertainty as to what I believe these days. I don’t buy all the Christian doctrine I’ve been taught over the years, and I see and teach the Bible as a piece of literature rather than an inerrant authoritative Word. But i don’t want to...

I’m not the boss of you

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Ideas

ALERT: The only things that upset me and call me to action are bullying, abusive language and misogynist/ractist/homophobic speech. I’m sorry I upset so many of you with a call to post to the new TLS site. That wasn’t my intention. I don’t care where...

Feeling heard and understood

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Feelings

This morning, a friend and I were talking and I mentioned that I wasn’t feeling well and had needed to drive my husband’s car instead of mine. He hurt his back and couldn’t get in and out (it rides pretty low). Well, with my chronic pain, I also find...

Sick of self-destruction

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Feelings

For far, far too long, I have found myself with bursts of anger and self-sabotage, comparing myself to others and depending  too heavily on the aid of others. It had gotten to the point, before my breakup with Tristan, my ex, that I almost wrecked on I-10 on my way to...

What if we are going about all this the wrong way?

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Ideas

Here is my problem with any religion claiming exclusive rights on objective truth. “Each of the great world religions–Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–is a braid woven from four strands: an originating experience, a mythic...

Contrarian?

by | Nov 24, 2013 | Feelings

I got told this morning that I am “finding my identity in being a contrarian”.  Since I wasn’t allowed to do that, I’m essentially reveling in it now. That bugs me, because it seems to minimize any thinking and changing I do. And it is unfair,...

facing the holiday blues

by | Nov 24, 2013 | Feelings

I debated whether or not to add this link to Pam’s thread, but since it deals more with feelings than traditions, I decided to post it on its own.  A friend of mine who writes a blog called Ruby Slippers, made this video on coping with holiday grief.  It was...

toast: your special place

by | Nov 23, 2013 | Ideas

Ya that’s not a joke. One time I came home to find Lisa sitting in her study in a comfy chair. She had a candle lit with smooth stones circled round it. She had very soft yoga music playing. There was a cup of tea on the nearby table. She  was writing in her...