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Pope And Ian Alterman Respond Faithfully To Climate Change

March 10th, 2010 · 5 Comments · global warming and climate change, spirituality & religion

A letter to the New York Times today encapsulates what I have thought for some time about how Christians and people of faith in general should be responding to global warming. The following is by Ian Alterman, pastor of Spirit Fellowship Ministries (full published version here):
Evolution may be a controversial issue for many Christians, but [...]

Embracing Our Sphere Of Influence

January 7th, 2010 · 5 Comments · energy, entertainment, food & drink, global warming and climate change, health & well being, home & garden, nature, spirituality & religion, sustainability, transportation

Have you ever stared down a paralyzing fear – and gained mastery of it, to where you then walked into your power, your sphere of influence? This is my long-promised sequel to Alison Cassandra Barcelona, in which I’ll tell why I feel hope rather than despair about

Born For This

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments · global warming and climate change, spirituality & religion

Approaching midnight at my church’s candlelight Christmas Eve service last night, after we had worked our way through the birth-of-Christ story with scripture readings and a goodly assortment of carols, we sang a final song that contained this lyric: Now ye hear of endless bliss / Jesus Christ was born for this!
Those words thrummed that [...]

Winter Solstice And The Unconquered Sun And Son

December 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · home & garden, lifestyle, nature, spirituality & religion

The first part of this piece I posted last year, on the 2008 winter solstice. The rest of it I added for 2009.

Today is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. In the days long before fossil fuels routinely lit our nights, winter solstice was celebrated as the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun.
Imagine how [...]

Top Ten Tips For Not Gaining Weight Over The Holidays

November 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · entertainment, food & drink, health & well being, simplicity, spirituality & religion

Have I ever mentioned that I once worked as a weight-reduction counselor? Or that the summer I was 18 the Army rejected me because I weighed, embarrassingly, 158-1/2? I cringe at the memory, not because the military and I could ever have been a match made in heaven, but because my overeating was out of [...]

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