Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

Basic Christianity ... NOT Christian Extremists

Monday, August 22, 2011

Few things printed in the public press inspire me … and how I love to be inspired! But today a colleague passed along this op-ed on the Rev John Stott who died recently.
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Living In ... and Safeguarding Abundance

Wednesday, August 25, 2010


A community economy is not an economy in which well-placed persons can make a 'killing'. It is an economy whose aim is generosity and a well-distributed and safeguarded abundance. - Wendell Berry
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Your Body ... the incarnation of you

Tuesday, February 2, 2010



I have this picture on my screen saver
right now - it speaks of joy, of the
celebration of life, of silliness, of the love of a grandfather for his grandson and of a little boy who adored his "Grand-poop". Read More...

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How the Teachings of Sexual Purity Leads to Violence

Wednesday, December 9, 2009


"Tina, I don't know what to do. I'm supposed to be in the honeymoon phase of my marriage ... and we are both sexually miserable." Tears began to flow down her cheeks. Read More...

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America's Sexual Ethic

Wednesday, October 14, 2009


Silence ... just because it cannot be heard, does it have no effect? And ignorance ... no responsibility?


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It's Your Call

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Have you ever had one of those experiences when you are standing in the presence of someone (or a group of some one's) who believe that they know what YOU should think, believe, care about? Read More...

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Taken Hostage ... musings by Parker Palmer

Saturday, August 8, 2009

A week or so ago I basked on my favorite spot on Orcas Island ... a spot I have visited most years since I was 4. It was over 90 degrees (it is never that hot!) and I was sitting on the edge of Cascade Lake listening to the sound of life's laughter ...Read More...

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Leash Life ... A Parenting Paradox

Saturday, May 2, 2009

After a series of events I find myself on a ferry, hopping between island life and the mainland reflecting on parenting teenagers. Read More...

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Your Time To Live ...

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Today as I walked around the lake near my home the chill in the air was softened by the sun’s rays reminding me that winter will in the end relent and spring will come. Read More...

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What Children Have to Teach Us about Pure Sensual Joy

Thursday, October 30, 2008

There is something so refreshing and soul nourishing in the innocent observations of children. Before they are infected by societal messages of what or who is appropriate and inappropriate, valued and unvalued and all the judgments regarding what they ‘should’ think and feel.  Read More...

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Three Blind Mice ... and Sex?

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Question from a reader:
“I often see groups in the media proposing the idea that sex addiction is rampant, that pregnancy rates are rising, and that generally speaking people are having sex at increasingly young ages, but are these facts? Read More...

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The Fire Hose Life ...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008



Here was a question sent to me:

As someone who is interested in looking at sexuality from a sex-positive point of view, and marrying that component with the idea of personal responsibility, how can we as a society navigate sexuality without it trampling on the rights of others?

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