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What is Love?
Love is one of those things that exists, but can't be contained. It's experiential not physical, but it certainly affects our physical well being. It's one of those things that you know it when you feel it, and you know it when you see it. My simple definition is that love is the feedback one senses from the spiritual connection that we have with ( Read more... ) -
Snow daze
Everything is bright white outside. When the sun breaks through the clouds I'm blinded by the reflection of light. The trees look like they are growing snow. Some of them were budding, but now belatedly realize that it was all a cruel joke. Most are sagging, and some big branches too burdened with the weight of snow litter the ground. The cats are ( Read more... ) -
The definition of sin
Our minister defined "sin" today as the actions we take that disconnect us from the universal web of life. She said that sin isn't based on a set of rules or commandments and its not something that we born with. Sins are based on what we do, not who we are or what we think. So when we harm others or treat living things as objects we are ( Read more... ) -
What's that smell?
Something crawled under our house and died. The bad part is that in our basement right where the utility room and garage come together there are gaps to the outside. And that's right where the corpse must be. I've sealed the gaps up with insulation, but that doesn't hide the smell. This happened once before and after a while we got these big ( Read more... ) -
Down time
It's been a while since I've last entered anything into this journal. I've been out of my office for 3 weeks. I was in training for the first week and on vacation the last two. I've finally gotten all the work stuff out of my system. Now, I'm truly detoxing. I'm in Atlanta hanging out with my brother, Joe and my good friends Damon and Ron Meharg. ( Read more... ) -
Practice what we preach
I go to Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church in Burke, VA. Yesterday was a good day at church. We had good crowds with lots of energy at both services. Our Earth Based Religions group put on an extremely creative and informative Winter Solstice celebration. A middle school class from the Fairfax Unitarian Church visited as did the Minister of ( Read more... ) -
J.J. we miss you.
Our beloved cat J.J. died unexpectedly back in April, and I think of him all the time. I used to call him my little black buddha because he was so gentle, loving and peaceful. Plus he was a bit overweight. He was only about 9 years old when he died, and we miss him very much. Recently, my wife and I came across this poem that someone wrote in ( Read more... ) -
Transformation
Awakening is a flowering of your innermost being ( Read more... ) -
Bree's Home!
Bree's home! She arrived on Sunday while I was out back raking leaves. She's not actually at home that much, but we're glad to see her when she's around. She's been spending a lot of time with her boyfriend, Steve. We met Steve on Monday for the first time. He was quiet, but I sensed it was only because of the "girlfriend's father" tension. I ( Read more... ) -
Spirit of Thanksgiving
To me the spirit of thanksgiving is expressed through compassion for others. How better way to show your thanks for the good things you have than by giving of yourself to others. This past weekend, I performed an annual trek with the teenagers from my church to the All Souls Unitarian Church of Washington, D.C. For 50 years, All Souls has been ( Read more... )