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...
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...
So I went back for one service…
Unlike a lot of people here on TLS, I wandered away from my church unhappy with the theology and teachings, not because the people there made me leave. This meant that most of them don't know why I stopped going (and most haven't tried to reach out, either). But I...
Spiritualism, Psychic Communication, James E. Padgett
Has anyone else read the transmissions from the spirit world, attorney James Padgett received back in the early 1900s? I find them absolutely fascinating and I would love to get someone else's take on them.
my cartoon on the 5 stages of deconstruction
church as self-harm
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...
belonging
this is a post i wrote about what happened when i decided to join our church. i'm still kind of bemused, uncertain, giddy from doing it. http://theunsparedrod.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/measure/
Conservatism is not always where you expect
I follow and interact with a diverse range of people online, especially on Twitter. One of those is Tiffany Reisz, author of The Siren, first book in a series of books about, Nora, a professional dominatrix and her attempts to get published. The writing is very good...
what was your final Jenga block?
I think what really started me on my road to deconstruction was two things: The Church: The way I was treated at church when I tried to be myself and ask honest questions caused me to realize that the church is a controlling institution and that I would have to...
sacred and desecrated
Here's a quote from one of my most favorite thinkers and writers, Wendell Berry: "There are no sacred and un-sacred places. There are only sacred and desecrated places." If you want to watch a very rare and excellent interview of Berry, you can watch it here.
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