One of our newest members, merlentz, who is married to another TLS member Rob Lentz, posted a very vulnerable and honest post about the passing of her mother and her spiritual journey through that experience. You can read about it in the forum thread, "Hello 2", where...
leaving a church under conflict
Some of us are still in the church. And I love that about us. Actually, there are some of us who are in ministry or preparing to be. I applaud that. I stayed as long as I possibly could. Some say I stayed longer than I should have. Maybe. Although it was time for me...
moms
One of my greatest pleasures is watching you guys be vulnerable. That shows incredible strength. My next greatest pleasure is watching you guys as a community gather around each other's vulnerability with such gentleness, wisdom and care. This thread started by...
tarot cards, devices and go with your gut
I like what Jeff said in this forum thread on tarot cards, which have come up in conversation lately. I think he has a good point: I think of Tarot cards (and such) as a trying to see meaning within randomness not unlike seeing an image in an ink blotch or an image on...
Exercise: What’s your #1 passion?
So for today's Saturday Spiritual Supplement, ask yourself one simple question: What is the one thing I am most passionate about and do really well? (I can hear the funny comments now. Okay, bring 'em on!) At the root of everything that I do is the fact that I love...
your isolation your cell
This is a continuation of yesterday's post, All Illusion is Stripped Away, in which I tried to show how deconstruction is a healthy part of spiritual growth. Instead of the word "cell", the monk's room where she spends all her days, replace it with the word...
all illusion is stripped away
I'm a fan of Thomas Merton. He had a profound influence on my life. I believe he was a monk far ahead of his time. In fact, I believe his writing was unconsciously forecasting his own journey further away from normative Christianity and the arm of the church. It...
i want to be like Socrates
I like this quote from Hitchens', God Is Not Great: "Even though he (Socrates) was not in fact an atheist, he was quite correctly considered unsound for his advocacy of free thought and unrestricted inquiry, and his refusal to give assent to any dogma. All he really...
I can’t believe
It's strange, isn't it? The longer you move away from something in your life the more unbelievable it sometimes seems. I can't believe I was so enamored by that pastor and believed everything he said hook, line and sinker! I can't believe how much I loved that jerk...
Exercise: rehearsing
This Saturday's spiritual supplement is about rehearsing... rehearsing responses to your questioners. Have you seen The Butler yet? In the film they show young students being taught how to be insulted, spit upon, even beaten, in preparation for their protests. I've...
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