Archive for the 'Spiritual' Category
Posted: Tuesday, July 4th, 2006 @ 9:19 am in Holidays, Spiritual | 11 Comments »
Talk about independence! Talk about freedom! Have you heard about Matt?
Just in case you haven’t, and just in case you need something to put you in the holiday spirit, watch this short video. It’s happy.
And if that isn’t enough, you can watch this one, too. Who ever knew that juggling could [...]
Posted: Monday, June 5th, 2006 @ 7:27 pm in Belief, Religion, Spiritual | 16 Comments »
This entry is a Part One response to the following comment and request:
Hi, I’ve been reading your blog for a few weeks now and I really enjoy it. I have a problem and I’m hoping you can share a few words of wisdom. I was also raised LDS. My heart left the [...]
Posted: Sunday, March 5th, 2006 @ 9:25 am in Mortality, Social, Spiritual | 21 Comments »
My best friend, Tami, just had her birthday and we decided to celebrate at a cozy, yet contemporary wine bar and bistro, D’Vine.
We love the atmosphere at D’Vine, but we especially love the food. Oh, and the wine is really good, too.
At one end if the room is an inviting circle of three love [...]
Posted: Thursday, January 19th, 2006 @ 10:16 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Books, Charity, Children, Civil Rights, Education, Ethics, Family, Fundamentalism, Holidays, Morals, Parenting, Religion, Secular, Spiritual | 9 Comments »
After reading the books I cited for Civil Rights Day to the kids, my 8-year-old son, Blake asked, “How come all the heroes are black?”
Silence filled the space that my loss for words left. I stared at Blake for a minute. What other heroes have I introduced to him? Rosa Parks died [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 @ 10:27 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Charity, Ethics, Humanism, Secular, Spiritual | 4 Comments »
A few years ago, when my parents were grasping to understand why I left religion (okay, they are still grasping), I explained to them the issues I had with the Bible. I described my opinion that the gods have all been a manifestation of mankind’s need for a controlling power, an explanation for the [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 @ 9:34 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Education, Evolution, Morals, Science, Spiritual | No Comments »
Let me preface this post with an apology. Lately my entries have offered only two different topics: stories about my kids, and Evolution. I offer my apologies, because this post is also on Evolution. Yes, I know there are many other issues and topics regarding agnosticism. And I am finally [...]
Posted: Sunday, December 18th, 2005 @ 5:29 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Secular, Spiritual | 2 Comments »
This is part one of my second rebuttal to Larry, in our on-going debate about secular spirituality. If you are new to this site, I recommend you go to my initial challenge to read the dialogue from the beginning.
In Larry’s Apology/Surrender/Rebuttal/Challenge, he fakes concession. Larry concedes it might be (arguably) appropriate for an [...]