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Mar.19.2013
I was raised a Southern Baptist. I'm still Baptist today, but I'm also Roman Catholic, as well as a member of the Unity Church. There are likely other traditions I will join over time because, for all their problems, each has been birthed out of a context of great need. I appreciate and embrace...
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Mar.16.2013
Another round of CPAC madness is nearly through in America. A parade of Republican zealots highlights the speaker list, with Grover Nordquist standing proudly at the front of the line proclaiming that any Republican who agrees to tax increases of any sort "are rat heads in a Coke bottle. They...
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Mar.01.2013
Q. Can you please explain what the heck is going on in Rome? A. Well, Pope Benedict XVI retired and now Catholic Cardinals from around the world are congregating to elect a new one.
Q. When was the last time a pope retired? A. Thursday.
Q. No, before that. A. July 4, 1415. Gregory XII stepped down...
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Feb.28.2013
Today, Pope Benedict XVI leaves office. He has the sweetest retirement deal on the planet and the comfort of becoming fallible again. One can only imagine the burden in knowing that in all official decrees, you cannot make a mistake. Now, he can screw things up with the best...
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Feb.11.2013
It’s odd to wake up in the morning to hear the head of your church has resigned. Especially since you weren’t really found of the man, but didn’t he have great shoes? I especially loved his red slippers, so snazzy! Plus let’s face it, I’m a terrible Catholic. I’m for women’s rights, I have no...
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Oct.24.2012
This week I finished writing and editing a historical novel set in Europe immediately preceding the year 1000. It's in good enough shape for Lyn, my "second set of eyes." She's an excellent editor as well as a gifted writer, so it's in her hands now.
Sylvester II
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Sep.12.2012
Being that Predatory Ethics is all about a different interpretation of EVERYTHING, I'll periodically blog about this same ethos on our world here. So with that in mind I'd like to reference an older blog that had to do with Mayans, Magic & Mayhem. I could've just copy...
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Jul.21.2012
Today was our local Lamplighter Meeting. We hold it at the Public Library once a month from 10:00 am to Noon. I’ve been doing this for five years. When I first started out I had an interview with the local radio station regarding the meetings, an interview in the local paper, I mailed announcements...
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Jul.18.2012
I’m not often one to draw from celebrity news when I write, especially the unfortunate or heartbreaking scenarios of a-list celebrities that often play out in the public arena. But I recently found myself reading an article on the painful and unhappy split of Tom Cruise and...
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