Category Archives: personal responsibility

Spiritual but not Religious – It’s not just a walk in the park.

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

I was part of a discussion on Facebook today around Institutional Religion’s discomfort with people like myself who identify as SBNR, or spiritual but not religious. It started out with an observation by someone who had heard uber-snarky Lillian Daniel prattle on about … Continue reading →

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Separating Person from Behavior

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

We need to come to understand there is a difference between a person and their behavior. If anything has made this apparent recently, it is the retirement announcement of Pope Benedict XVI. Allow me to elaborate. Prejudices and anti-Catholic biases … Continue reading →

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Spirituality and Depression

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

I confess that I get nervous every time I hear a spiritual teacher or preacher announce that they are going to speak about depression because depression is a medical condition that, I believe, does have a spiritual component - especially when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Responding to Tragedy

Posted on December 15, 2012 by

Check out my response to the Newtown, CT shootings on the website of The Universal Anglican Church (www.theUAC.org): Responding to Tragedy.

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These Shoes Don’t Fit!

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

When I graduate from high school I wore a size nine and a half shoe. Now I wear size eleven, but have to buy size twelves to accommodate orthotics. If I still had shoes from my high school days, they wouldn’t fit. … Continue reading →

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Holding Power Responsibly

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

It would seem we have lost all sight of how to hold power responsibly.  From board rooms to political office to religious and spiritual leaders, there seem to be at least one hundred bad examples to every good example. That … Continue reading →

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Do You Feel Any Older?

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

When I was a child, and sometimes since I have been an adult, people would always ask on my birthday if I felt any older. To be honest, it always struck me as a ridiculous question because I never heard … Continue reading →

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Splitting the Hair

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

A brief list of profoundly irritating Christian catch phrases followed by my response: 1. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ. R: No, we are all brothers and sisters in our common humanity and in our common desire for … Continue reading →

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I Want Your Sex

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

Way back in the Olden Days, George Michael sang “I Want Your Sex,” and many people were scandalized by the blunt nature of the song. I suspect that, nearly two decades later, were that song to be re-released the number … Continue reading →

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Religion’s Purpose

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

I am beginning to think that a great number of people have completely missed the point of religion. I have read numerous articles on the purpose of religion, some scholarly and some not as scholarly, and I have to say … Continue reading →

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