So often, people feel that if they are spiritual, or religious, or subscribe to a specific faith community, then they are expected to weather life’s storms in a specific way. Because today I am contemplating the arrival of life’s challenging situations (whether you have faith or not), I am reposting a blog that was written … Continue reading
January is well on it’s way, and already some of us are mourning the loss of the resolutions we made less than a week ago. I say, don’t give up yet! Whenever I have a day that I realize is going south by mid-day, I allow myself to re-boot. Ctrl. Alt. Del. Just start all … Continue reading
It’s Christmas eve and I am home in Atlanta. Tonight, I will attend a candlelight service at my mother’s church, which happens to be the church I visited in Week 8 of the first 52 Weeks of My 52 Weeks of Worship. Again, I am reminded of #45 of 52 Things that I Learned from … Continue reading
In contemplating the horrific news coming out of Atlanta – a situation where a gunman “entered the church calmly, shot the victim, and calmly left the building.” Calmly entered a place of worship. Shot someone who was leading a prayer service. Then left. Calmly. What in the world? Is nothing sacred anymore? Surely there will be … Continue reading
Today, I had the distinct pleasure of returning to my home church, Trinity United Church of Christ for the early service. On the way there and back in my car, and throughout the service (courtesy of the powerful Men’s Chorus), I was blessed by energetic and wonderful gospel music, and was reminded once again about … Continue reading
As the My52WOW journey continues, I am fortunate to run into many different interesting individuals who are energized by discussions about religion, spirituality, and how we can reach out to others to jump-start interfaith dialogue and understanding. I also run into many organizations who fall into the same categories. At an event at Chicago’s WBEZ … Continue reading
My own personal politics notwithstanding, I made a commitment to watch all three days of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida last week. I will watch the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte as well. Watching it made me think of many things – one of which was – the intertwined nature (for better … Continue reading
Today, I read a number of headlines that reminded me that “Religion Gone Wild” is alive and well. One Facebook friend made the comment, “For all my Christian friends. FIX YOUR HOUSE NOW. Your faith is becoming disgusting.” – in response to a story about Terry Jones at the Dove Outreach Center in Gainseville, Fla … Continue reading
It doesn’t take much to look around this world and see that there is a need for understanding and love, instead of fear and hate. Still reeling from the death of Trayvon Martin, the resulting protests and revelations, and stories that abound about people who die every day in this world unjustly, I was shocked … Continue reading
As I told my friends about my 52 Weeks of Worship project, one of the things that I heard frequently from my friends with small children (and most of my friends who have children have small children) was, “Wow, that’s so great! I should do something like that, because I need to figure out what to … Continue reading
