Religion

  • Your Inner Spark

    Last Sunday, while walking with my granddaughter, we met a father with two little girls walking towards us – heading towards the ice cream store at the beach.  One of the girls seen the big cone and asked her dad… Continue reading

  • Out Loud

    I have been thinking about breaking the silence ever since a group called "Voices Unmuted" was formed. A group whose Mission is to protect innocent children from sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church (OALC).   There is a… Continue reading

  • Find the truth.

    "I write because it makes me feel like someone is listening – Or am I listening to myself."   I love this quote and I don't know who said it.   What I do know is that I began writing… Continue reading

  • God’s Free Will

    Women's rights are a tricky subject – because what is actually being talked about IS not her by herself.  She is unable to find herself pregnant without a man. She can't make a baby on her own – the man… Continue reading

  • I Hold You in My Heart

    I watched Michele Obama being interviewed about her latest book "The Light We Carry" with Oprah and they talked about Michele's friends.  The ones she calls her Kitchen Table.   The Kitchen Table has a relaxed image – one where… Continue reading

  • What you don’t know.

    Yesterday a woman who had great influence in my life turned 90.  I did not celebrate. This woman began programming me as a young child. Both in religious ways and codependent dysfunctional ways. She created the daughter she needed and… Continue reading

  • Stir my Soul More

    After Zion, we headed north to the Great Salt Lake. It was nothing like I expected. The day we were there, many small birds (maybe ducks) were dead on the beach. The smell alone made it a less than desirable… Continue reading

  • Feeling Unworthy

    Sending love to the deconstructedchurch kids that have a weirdrelationship with Christmas.The melancholy or isolatedthe ones doing their best to salvagethe good stuff. The ones reimaginingit for the kids, or tossing it altogether.You're seen and you're doing great. This was… Continue reading

  • Who Feel Like Home

    I was challenged today about not trusting christians.  I promised to write it out.   This is my third draft and I think I figured a few things out.   First I will be using my abusive childhood to help… Continue reading

  • I Celebrate Individual Freedoms

    On this Independence Day, most will celebrate Freedom – and I believe there are many who cannot see beyond their own choices; in religion and love, and I guess politics.  They want to color the whole world so it reflects… Continue reading