Growing up, I was sure. I liked being the person who had the answers and I still do. I enjoy being the person that can find them out even if I don’t know them. My curiosity is very strong, but I grew up being taught that curiosity for its own sake wasn’t right. We didn’t … Continue reading
The source of the rage lying just below the surface this year has been eluding me. For months and months I’ve felt as though I were under water. Not drowning, just far far away from everyone else, from myself. Not like I can’t breathe, just filled with something other than breath. Lately I’ve been waking … Continue reading
When I started this blog the connection with Buddhist philosophy was quite clear. For those who have been reading along with me for years, you’ve seen me write many times about Christianity, but perhaps you’ll remember my first page. No? That’s okay. I’ll restore it now as I find myself needing to get back to … Continue reading
After an apology from one kind Christian for all the evils Christianity has done against her, she looks at him with a mixture of anger and aplomb and asks: Why don’t you just jump ship? And it’s such an honest question? If you have to apologize for it all the time. If you have to … Continue reading
You know what’s funny? I never once thought…’I should shoot her. That would stop this from happening.’ And that doesn’t make me a hero! I promise you, that is the very least I could do. Continue reading
It’s been years since I have been to a church with any sort of regularity. Each time I go, it ends up quickly reinforcing my growing anger toward what I consider the Pharisees of the church today. I have used that mindset to justify why I can criticize the church, I mean they’re Pharisees, Christ … Continue reading
You can tell can’t you? Tell that I am typing more, that somedays I need this a little bit more than others. Today, and yesterday, the day before. This is the only measure I have for whether or not things are right or wrong for me. It’s amazing isn’t it the person that we fail … Continue reading
I spend a lot of time talking to Christians. My family, friends, and the people that I come in contact most often are, by and large, Christian. I was raised in a Christian home, in Christian school, and church and so was my husband. The only time I spent when the majority of people that … Continue reading
Today the kindergarten teacher I am working with asked the kids what they were so thankful for they couldn’t imagine life without it. Hmm. I thought, what am I so thankful for that I can’t imagine life without it? My husband, my house, my job? No, none of them really meet the criteria that she … Continue reading
For some strange reason, many Christians today think that environmentalism is against the gospel and of concern for the church. It bewilders me. Once, my brother in law was talking about buying land in West Virgina because he said that the land was extremely cheap. I told him to be careful where he was buying … Continue reading
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