: Come, Let us Reason Together The right-wing trans panic is obviously harmful to trans people. As I have said, you don’t have to …
: Drive Through Salvation One of the biggest problems in America and probably many other places is that our religious …
: The Home Alone Land When Bush II created the Department of Homeland Security, I thought “wtf is the military for if not …
: 7-9 Servings A Day I ate the fruit. In the Garden of Eden myth, humans are created innocent—ignorant in the literal …
: Deepish Thoughts So many people I know are using Substack or Ghost to publish their deep thoughts. I’ve considered …
: It’s The Most Hypocritical Time of The Year I hate Christmas. Whether you’re a Christian or not, that statement is anathema in our culture. We …
: Running Up That Hill(el) I am an armchair religious scholar. I don’t have the patience or character for academia. I like to …
: Outside My Sliding Door Drifting snow Dancing Winter spirits flying around
: Weaving a Better Way I have been working with colleagues all summer to get a new seminary (though not limited to actually …
: If you Metta The Buddha On The Road I’m dealing with some betrayal by colleagues some of whom were good friends. A lot of plain old …
: Orderly Chaos I had a good meeting with others today trying to process and deal with the end of this empire. We …
: A Tiber Never Changes His Stripes Today Pope Francis is laid to rest. Since his election 13 years ago, he has been branded as a …
: Hands on with Hands Off It’s very old fashioned to talk about “sin.” It’s very unpopular in liberal religious circles. It’s …
: Grab that cash with both hands and make a…dash Today is a national day of a general buying boycott. It’s the first of a series of events planned by …
: I’ll Never Be a Saint, or The Tale of the Broken Bodhisattva One thing I struggle with in the progressive liberal religious world is an over-extended idea of …
: Let Beauty In By Rebekah Savage Let beauty in. Let beauty in like waves lapping on the shore, covering the beach …
: Imagine Ethical Cleansing instead of Ethnic Cleansing (Gathas: Song 6.4 / Y33.4) ýê thwat mazdâ asrushtîm akemcâ manô ýazâi apâ hvaêtêushcâ tarêmaitîm …
: More Good Advice “Prevent unethical people from doing evil actions and kindly offer insight to those who seek your …
: Ancient Wisdom Keeps Coming Message of the Day “Greed will blind many people by setting their minds on committing evil to amass …
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: Napping is Necessary Day 4: Rest is Resistance www.triciahersey.com #blackhistorymonth
: Lies Are The Enemy More from the Spitama “False teachers prevent the people of the world from reason and good …
: Not U’s, V’s nmaahc.si.edu/stories/c… Double V, still haven’t accomplished it yet.
: “Knowledge is the prime need of the hour” Day 2: nmaahc.si.edu/explore/s… “Throughout her life, Dr. Bethune sought to uplift and to buttress …
: The Women Who Built The World Day 1: nmaahc.si.edu/explore/m… More than ever, we need to loudly celebrate Black History Month. …
: Too Much Is Never Enough to Make Us Happy Humans have a tremendous amount of power and choice. We have spent millions of years increasing …
: If Only Cortisol Could Be Harnessed as an Energy Source It feels like every two minutes we are being assaulted with some decree from The Felon, or some …
: Czech Mate Today is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s also a time when ICE is rounding up …
: We need more helpful persons (Gathas: Song 4.22 / Y31.22) cithrâ î hudånghê ýathanâ vaêdemnâi mananghâ vohû hvô xshathrâ ashem …
: It’s a-me For years some friends have warned that a civil war was coming. I was doubtful, in part because our …
: Bullseye, Or Yay! We solved racism. I don’t know about you, but I shop at Target a lot. Well like so many other weinees they’re killing …
: More Old Time Religion Message of the Day “If you choose to be righteous, a bright future awaits you, but if you choose to …
: Who’s Your Neighbor? Everyone Two resources to help protect immigrants, and no I don’t give a good goddamn what documents they …
: Of Bishops and Princes I appreciate the Episcopal Bishop (redundant!) of Washington DC for calling out the cruelty of the …
: Oh and this, from Cole Arthur Riley: “PS Yes, that man did do a fascist salute at the inauguration …
: Resist, Refuse, Frustrate, Ignore Part of the American founding myth is that the Patriots told off the King and then refused to …
: They Died For Amazing Savings ! My perennial Memorial Day post Every year I find myself cringing whenever most holidays roll …
: You **Don’t** Say When I was a child, shortly after the earth cooled, we were taught in school all about the US …
: Land O’Loss I enjoy documentaries. But historical documentaries are sometimes sharper than I’d like, by which I …
: When we meet you, a prayer Loren McGrail, Israel/Palestine John 12:1-11 While the reading falls traditionally on Monday of Holy …
: With Age, Wisdom Or so the old saying goes. I was recently in a minor conflict with a…let’s say colleague? who has …
: Big Little Truths It’s universally taught across humanity that lying is wrong. So standard that it’s essentially …
: Just Like Me, But not Quite Originally Posted: 2008-12-31 No matter the tribal/sectarian/nationalist label, the battle is always …