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Westboro Baptist Church Coming Here?!? Oh no.

Westboro Baptist Church Coming Here?!? Oh no.

This letter was forwarded to me as part of the neighborhood watch. Dear Embry Hills Family, Many of you are already aware that Embry Hills is scheduled to be a picket site for the Westboro Baptist Church on Saturday, December 13th. The picketers will be here as a result of the memorial service for Keith Jernigan. In light of the information and misinformation that is circulating, I am writing to you to offer the facts and provide a word or…

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Sometimes I Just Want

Sometimes I Just Want

Sometimes I Just Want To fly through the sky, carefree, in freedom. To heal anyone of anything. To know, understand, and be able to communicate in every language. To sing well enough to make other people cry. To leap through the air like a dancer. To skip and not worry if I look absurd. To play, mingling imagination and reality like a child. To run at full speed, for as long as I want to. To hide anywhere by fading…

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Our Thanksgiving Prayer

Our Thanksgiving Prayer

Dear Lord and Lady – the mediators – And to the Sweet God above all gods – We thank you for this meal that we are here to enjoy together. We pray for those who are sick, lonely, afraid, and in need – that you may send them strength and comfort. Protect us from domination and destructive intent – and help us to combat it in fairness and love. Help our leaders to remember, and to honor, the well-being of…

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Bamford Comedy on Cults

Bamford Comedy on Cults

Laughter, as the Reader’s Digest always said, is good medicine. I’ve really been enjoying some of Maria Bamford’s comedy. Her routines on her sister and dad never fail to crack me up. So I’m really savoring the synchronicity today as I came across this bit of hers on cults.

Benefits of Being a Former Jehovah’s Witness

Benefits of Being a Former Jehovah’s Witness

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 today). I’d like to set the stage with a satirical treatment of the benefits of being a JW. An illuminating example is this post by…

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