Sometimes changes in the life around you can pile up. Christmas is definitely not the same this year, since my religious and spiritual feelings have changed. This makes it much harder to go through the motions of gift buying and so on. I've never been much for the...
The road less traveled
Last night as I slept, my soul was guided back to the point of this current incarnation. Within the seemingly real-life images igniting my senses, the task was simple in theory: choose one of three paths to walk. The first path appeared before me as the young mother...
ritual is okay
Ritual is okay. There are things I've done since I was a child that no longer have the same meaning they had since I was a child. For example, I used to LOVE animal cookies, and every time I ate one I really felt like I was at the zoo taking it all in. I love animals...
man emerges from Y2K bunker after 14 years
Sometimes it's too crazy to not be true: A man just emerged from a bunker 14 years after the Y2K scare! Check it out!
love and forgiveness, and a ring
we were not-quite-fully-engaged one christmas and i was visiting north and his family. every time i approached a room, they would leave! all of them! mostly i didn't care. N was busy a lot, and it seemed like no one would talk to me. they were constantly talking to...
Meet a Member Podcast: Gregory Lease
It was wonderful to finally talk with one of our members who's been us from nearly the beginning, Gregory Lease. A wonderful man! I was interested to hear his "Jesus showed up" story and how that has affected his life from then on. I apologize for the sound quality on...
Mystery
As always, I'm interested in your thoughts, while I ask that people be kind in the process of being critical of what I articulated if they should feel the need to do so (which I certainly do welcome). Off the top of my head, I can think of three basic kinds of...
The Sacred Yes and No
I enjoy reading Richard Rohr, a Roman Catholic priest. I've also listened to many of his talks. Here's a great quote from one of his books about the sacred yes as well as the sacred no: "By the sacred yes or sacred no I mean that affirmation or negation that comes...
The phoenix rising from the ashes
2013 A year of tears and triumph Lost between the pages of time Chapters of excruciating, physical and psychological pain That which only battling kings of old are awarded medals Those who swore tight-knit bonds of family or friendship were by my side or nowhere to be...
a bit of my story
I left my former church last year for a different one and one of my longings and desires wasnt to become a member. i just wanted to be in my church, be a member of the whole body of Christ without any affiliations except people. this is because its what i had come out...
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