Well, I made it. Barely. And I want to think someone else may benefit from it. So…what you’ll find here may not be terribly enlightening to you, but I was 62 years old coming to it. I hate to think you are that old when you read this! But maybe you can pass along some … Continue reading In the door by the skin of my teeth!
Choking on the words that come to mind: “Gagging on your own vomit”
Just read this. It stirs so much of what is holding some of us hostage and keeping the hope of the “American Dream” from coming to life. https://open.substack.com/pub/kareem/p/fox-news-admits-lying-trump-lies?r=4nj92&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Are we wrong? Does he NOT get us?
I get it. But… The rhetoric around this campaign (which I get, whether “He” does, or not) has been such a challenge to me these past few weeks. Despite the sources or the intent of the sponsors, through this campaign, my church and I are making contacts with people who DO need an encounter with … Continue reading Are we wrong? Does he NOT get us?
AI. OMG.
Check this New Yorker interview. It made my blood run cold and piqued my curiosity in the system that are embarrassingly simple-minded! https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/its-not-possible-for-me-to-feel-or-be-creepy-an-interview-with-chatgpt?utm_source=twitter&mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned
Just sickened in my soul by our national “urge” toward establishment of religion. 😔
Just sickened in my soul by our national “urge” toward establishment of religion. 😔 Read this. Sit in wonder with me. https://religionnews.com/2023/02/08/a-third-of-americans-are-christian-nationalists-and-most-are-white-evangelicals/
Antithesis
This. This right here. Look at it closely. Measure Every. Single. Word. Sturgeon didn’t get it all right! Nothing could be further from the historical truth, pre-Enlightenment. The truth is that the scriptures, precious they be, proceeded from the traditions that had grown for many decades before there was a thought of creating a “Bible”—let … Continue reading Antithesis
Just sickened in my soul by our national “urge” toward establishment of religion. 😔
The Rhetoric of “Spiritual Warfare”—a real and present danger.
In “The Rise of Spirit Warriors on the Christian Right (https://newrepublic.com/article/170027/rise-spirit-warriors-christian-right-politics - downloadable below), my suspicions are confirmed. This ain’t about religion, folks! I’m eager to pursue a conversation about the US version of “American culture wars” and its relationship with “the church,” in its many manifestations. I think this article has taken us somewhere … Continue reading The Rhetoric of “Spiritual Warfare”—a real and present danger.
Church history … “clear?”
I’m not sure where I’m going with this, and will probably need to return to it. Maybe you can help. I’d be grateful. After living 62 years with some weirdly innate tendency to suck up history—and many things attached to such affinity—I am asking myself the question these days of what “our” religious history really … Continue reading Church history … “clear?”
Equity and Privilege
I’m not sure how we got this way, because I have been among the privileged and among those broken by a terrible economic system. But I have never been where this woman has been: https://www.tiktok.com/@theblkdaria/video/7191548142134021422?_t=8ZNsOxprtsJ&_r=1 So how do I justify my gut reaction? And how do I speak on matters of equity in a world … Continue reading Equity and Privilege
Over-share? Moi???
Carey Nieuwhof 1/20/23 on “Oversharing” I’m thinking this little protocol might be a useful tool for those of us who tend to go to social media with things we might better work through in other ways. At least, in hindsight, I wish I had considered advice like this long ago. You “lucky” readers may see … Continue reading Over-share? Moi???
Skin of My Teeth 