dark night moon and stars
I woke up early this morning to see Lisa off to work. She's working in Hospice today. She suggested when I meditated this morning I should look out the window at that scene. The full moon is shining over the ice of the river, the lights from the opposite shore...
you can remove toxic waste from your life
In the film Prometheus, there is a very gory and graphic scene of the heroine Elizabeth Shaw, played by Noomi Rapace, surgically removing an seeded alien from her abdomen all by herself. You can see a small clip of it here. I warned you. When my daughter Casile and I...
Cultural Heritage & Faith
I wasn't sure where to post this, so I'm putting it here. Heck, I don't even know what category it goes in. This is the only place I feel comfortable sharing this, as I don't want to write a public blog post. I especially don't want to be seen as leveraging...
baptism
i wrote tonight about baptism, and what i remember. there are pieces i still can't voice that came with that day, but the overall feeling is there. i'm lost. how do people think this is ok? and how could i have believed and promised so much just to fit in? i am...
What if we thought for ourselves?
Thinking for ourselves is difficult. It is hard work. It takes time and energy. This is why we seldom do it. Let me give you an example: Julian Assange. My initial opinion of him was that he is a brave and visionary man who changed the flow of information in our...
Leaving your religion (helpful resource)
James Mulholland used to be a pastor (Quaker and Methodist), and he had written (or co-written) several books at that time on Christian universalism that were very helpful to me in my own journey away from my fundamentalist background. I recently discovered that he...
Letter: The Art of Floating
The art is something I drew a couple of years ago called "Afloat". As you can see, the man is floating in his own tears. Ya. That's a real pick-me-upper. But hey! I was going through a tough time. But you wouldn't know about that. I compare the art of living...
Meet a Member Podcast: Scott Gillespie (cowboyjunkey)
I had a wonderful 20 minutes chatting with a fellow-Canadian, Scott Gillespie, also known as "cowboyjunkey" on TLS. Take a listen to our conversation and find out what things influenced him to change his mind: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
your sport your style
I've never been much of a team sports player. I prefer things like hunting, fishing, hiking, kayaking, long distance running… the kind of sports that you usually do alone. At least I do. Or maybe with one or two buddies. No… with me it's alone. Like when I ran the...
