Oh joy! Books! Books I ordered, but that now appear like a comic gift to me from Benevolent Deities Inc.
Happy sigh. Ahhhhh…. two for browsing at leisure, one for candy satisfaction:
Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings
Rob Brezsny
Diva Lion says:
Pronoia is a philosophy [...]
Tags: benevolent deities inc, books, humorous, joy, Rob Brezsny, Sera J. Beak, spiritual cowgirl, spirituality, Terry Pratchett
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Wed, December 31 2008 » Consumer, Creative, Cultural, Language, Personal, Spiritual » No Comments
I was visited again this morning by a lovely Jehovah’s Witness. He seemed to be a very sweet person. I’m laughing like God(ess) was tickling me. In honor of that, this is a post about the benefits of no longer being a Jehovah’s Witness (beyond not having to go door-to-door on a blustery day like [...]
Tags: benefits, caring, communities, creativity, ethics, ex JW, forward you ex jehovahs witnesses, friendship, God, gratitude, Jehovah's Witnesses, kinship networks, list, love, Richard Francis, spirituality, watchtower society
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Sat, November 15 2008 » Humorous, Jehovah's Witnesses, Personal, Spiritual » 5 Comments
Many Americans have so confused power with spirituality that they can no longer tolerate fictional explorations on some of the very topics that religious communities ought to be considering.
I have received a number of whisper-campaign communications, all based on the idea that the film The Golden Compass is evil and atheistic and horrible and we [...]
Tags: caring, Coulter, daemon, film review, golden compass, Magisterium, power and religion, religious community, religious right, spirituality, whisper campaign
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Wed, January 2 2008 » AlienNation, Consumer, Creative, Cultural, Political, Spiritual, Viral » 8 Comments
Sorry for the delay in posting my five recommends for the Open Minded Blog award.
It turns out that many of my favorite blogs are not terribly open-minded (grin).
Politics – generally speaking – turned out to be a dud. I started exploring to see what I could find. Not much, I’m afraid. For one thing, [...]
Tags: civility, Humorous, meme, open minded blog, spirituality
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Fri, June 22 2007 » Cultural, Fun With Blogs, Spiritual, Viral » 1 Comment
Dear C –
As always, take what is helpful to you and reject what doesn’t ring true to your inner self…
If there is a spirit of the cosmos, and if that spirit is what we mean when we talk about “God”, then I have to believe that the spirit [...]
Tags: abuse, armageddon, caring, correspondence, death, end of the world, family issues, heaven, humility, Jehovah's Witnesses, kindness, kingdom within you, legalism, love, prayer, self righteousness, spirituality, talking to children about religion, totalitarian religion, war
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Sun, January 7 2007 » Jehovah's Witnesses, Spiritual » No Comments
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