I have a good friend who dreads the holiday season, saying: “The holidays are upon my a##.” But it’s here anyway with all those upcoming expectations of Norman-Rockwell-print warm, loving, accepting images of Thanksgivings, Hanukkahs, and Christmas celebrations where families gather together to try to
After that election, how are you feeling? As for me, I’ll be processing my feelings for some time to come. I’ve noticed that they parallel the well-known seven stages of grief — shock and disbelief, denial, guilt and bargaining, sadness and regret, and anger. I
Dear Bro, Even at age 65, life remains so interesting, and things manage to keep changing faster than I can keep up. I’ve been reflecting on life a lot lately. Something about being this age and being able to collect Social Security has prompted it.
Elections always bring out the crazies, but this U.S. election cycle has been especially intense and filled with awful crazy stuff, including harmful and dangerous rhetoric. As I’m sure you’ve seen by now, especially if you live in one of the handful of battleground states,
Listen to this article on The Motley Mystic Podcast Spiritual speaker and author Mirabai Starr lost her 14-year-old daughter in a car accident in 2001. Starr describes it as a profound, shattering loss, and anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one —
There are a lot of days of remembrance throughout the year for people who identify with letters in LGBTQI+++. And that seems to be how it should be, for in the midst of that larger demographic there are subgroups who we don’t want to get
What are you up to this election season? Are you paying any attention? Are you working for your favorite candidates? Are you planning to vote and maybe even bring someone with you to the polls? Or have you given up on politics? Have you fallen
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1 NIV) Recently I responded to a post about the Black Church experience with LGBTQ+ condemnation and the use of the Bible as a weapon of condemnation and humiliation. I thought
How to stop indulging the bigots in our midst If there’s anything that’s traditional, even a part of many historically “traditional family values,” it’s prejudices and the accompanying bigotry. Of course, bigots are really, really offended when someone points out their bigotry. And their hope
Dear Bro, Have you ever thought about the things we know now only by our efforts to understand ourselves and our environment? For instance, when I think about what our mother could have shared with me about the process of becoming a young woman (and