I love getting lost in the pages of a good book don’t you? And on many occasions, when I find a good book, I’ve been known to turn off my phone, unplug the TV, tune out the world. Curled up on my couch in a soft plushy blanket, my grandma pajamas with a pair of…
Category: Spirituality/Religion
The Song of all Songs – Passover
Sound starts 0:17 Somehow it always felt a little odd that our calendar new year begins in the dead of winter. It hardly represents a time of new beginnings when you’re in the midst of deep slumber, hibernating, a cycle that some associate with death. What could possibly begin to renew or to start…
Untie the Strong Woman!!! (Pt1)
Go To: Untie the Strong Woman!! – Part II Author: Clarissa Pinkola Estes Ph.D , Publisher: Sounds True, 2013, Paperback : 392 pages, ISBN-10 : 1622030729, ISBN-13 : 978-1622030729 International Women’s Day 2018 The International Women’s Day website informs its readers; “With the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report findings telling us that gender parity is over…
Modern Day Canaanites: Sacred Hair – Part I
Go To: Part II – Sovereignty Issue, Part III – Black and Woman I’m starting this blog entry with the above video about cutting hair because it seems the most appropriate way to open a discussion about racism, stereotyping, domestic violence and assimilation. Canada is not immune to the many atrocities indigenous cultures around…
Armageddon is a comin’!
Original Post – Summer 2014: In the book The Body of God, author Sallie McFague opens by recalling a childhood memory of dying, imagining that she would not be here any longer. The thought no doubt frightened her. As an adult recalling this experience she realized that it wasn’t the thought of death that scared…
Extreme Unction
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frighten us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?! You are a child of God. …
Church and State vs Religion and Politics (Part I)
Original post – Spring 2012: Secularism is the belief that government exists separately from religion and religious beliefs. Under this definition, it is viewed that government plays a neutral role and views human activities and political decisions should be unbiased by religious influence. It is not an argument against Christianity, it’s independent of it without actively…
