on attending baptisms
Our little family (husband, son, and I) have not been to church in quite some time now. We’ll, I take that back, son and I have been attending the local Friends meeting off and...
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The Crutch and the Confidence
(this was written several years ago. I thought I’d share it here, as it was during a pivotal part of my ‘transitional’ phase) Something that happened when I moved out of participation in the...
belief and dissonance
(I wrote this post several years ago so the links are a bit dated, but I thought it would be good for discussion anyways.) “…I believe in a personal god who cares about me...
up the hill (god, belief, sweat, etc)
The other morning I ran up Tumamoc hill. First time I’ve ever been able to run up the whole thing: It’s short, 1.5 miles to the top for a quick 3 mile round trip;...
created to please
I read two fascinating novels this past month, both of them very different (The Fox Woman set in an ancient magical Japan and The Windup Girl set in a future dystopian Thailand) but they...
pushing past comfortable
[I wrote this several months ago. Now I am in training for my first full length marathon.] Yesterday, a friend and I ran 13.1 miles. (Which involved getting up at 3:30 am to drive...
Private Ritual
This Thanksgiving, after all the eating and football and more eating (etc) our family had a bonfire. (We do that. A lot.) Once the initial 20 ft conflagration (yep, we use gasoline) had turned...
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