I found this via Tess Giles Marshall, one of my favorite web writers. Courtesy of Americans Against The Tea Party. Modern Christians tend to forget that Jesus was a radical champion of the poor, and spent much of his time working to heal them.
Entries Tagged as 'spirituality & religion'
Happy Summer Solstice! Unthreatened By Pagans
June 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · nature, spirituality & religion
Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year. Not only that, but the sun — the life-giving sun — will reach its highest point in the sky today that it will reach all year. To the ancients, such as those who built Stonehenge,
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Grief And My Sacred Corner
June 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments · relationships, spirituality & religion
I was walking down 12th street in Salem last week when one of the waves hit me, and out of the blue I was crying. I kept walking, pretending all was well, masking the grief even as I welcomed it. Crying lets me feel closer to my mother, who died on March 21. What triggered [...]
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Who You Calling A Hippie?
June 7th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Oregon, food & drink, lifestyle, relationships, spirituality & religion, transportation, work
Today’s post is on the lighter side. A reader in Arizona has suggested that I am a hippie. Or, to be more specific, he wrote I am “definitely much more of a hippie” than he himself is. Hmm. His tone was friendly enough, but I’ve been pondering this hippie business, this label, for a couple [...]
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Midwifery: The Reverse Journey
April 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · relationships, spirituality & religion
We greet the births of babies with joy. Death we tend to fear and avoid, which I think locks up a lot of our emotional energy. While I’m grieving, naturally, the death of my mother which happened almost a month ago, it was in all honesty one of the richest experiences of my life. I [...]
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