Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
the Marthas and the Marys
In her mystical masterpiece, THE INTERIOR CASTLE, the sixteenth century holy woman, Teresa of Avila, reminds us that… “On the spiritual path, the Beloved asks only two things of us: that we love him and that we love each other. This is all we have to strive for.”
She goes on to say, “In my opinion, […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Other Heretics by Mirabai Starr
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
“It’s Tough Being A Jew At Christmas”
My youngest daughter, Carrie, now almost 27 years of age, told me this recently. She works as a kindergarten teacher in a day care center at a Presbyterian church in Deerfield. Her frame of reference was receiving a ginger bread Nativity kit as a white elephant gift at her “work” Christmas party. My oldest daughter, […]
Comments Off - Posted in All of Our Voices (Posts from Contributors) by Rev. Teri Sandler
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
the final christmas joke of the season
Have you heard the one about the woman who was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick and had a high fever? She left work and hurried to a pharmacy to pick up some medication for her daughter. Returning to the car she realized the keys were locked […]
1 Comment » - Posted in From Belief Systems To Relief Systems by Robert "Voluptuous" Thompson
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
The Holy Outlaws
I took my spouse Scott Hafner on our first date to Mass on the third Sunday of Advent, 1981. I was preaching. That should have been fair warning. The gathering was Dignity, a Catholic community designed to support gay persons as they made their journey to a deeper spirituality. Of […]
1 Comment » - Posted in From Belief Systems To Relief Systems by Bill Glenn
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
some people confuse jesus with the lone ranger
In the previous post, Bill Glenn talked about joining the International Dark-Sky Association. He reminded us of the gifts of darkness—“quiet, stillness, reverberation, night vision and a deepening of the other senses” to name a few. Sign me up.
Seen in its right “light”, darkness is not foe, but friend.
We are light and darkness and we […]
1 Comment » - Posted in From Belief Systems To Relief Systems by Robert "Voluptuous" Thompson
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Chartres, the redwoods and the Milky Way
I recently joined the International Dark-Sky Association. It was a spiritual move on my part, though at the time I did not think of that. I read about the association’s work in the paper, and felt immediately drawn to support it. And what does it do? Educates the public on the […]