Author Archives: Mindy
turning the other cheek
I have been pondering what secrets the teaching “turn the other cheek” might hold, might have meant, might mean. I have come to believe it may mean different things in different situations, to different people — carrying different energy or … Continue reading
peddling, er winning, salvation
Please work out your own salvation without needing MY fear and trembling! It just occurred to me that one of things I find troubling about the christian religion — or at least some streams of it — is that so … Continue reading
lovely blogs ~ part 2.2
After a brief delay — for a nourishing visit with family and some amazing time on the water — I’m back with the rest of my lovely blog assignment! (See here for the introduction of the One Lovely Blog award, … Continue reading
lovely blogs ~ part 2.1
I’m back with (part of) part two of my Lovely Blog Award homework! (See here for part one.) The reason this is only part 2.1 is that as I wrote about the first few of my favorite blogs, I realized … Continue reading
one lovely blog
I have received the “One Lovely Blog” award, from a new net-friend Clare Flourish! Clare has a truly lovely blog herself, full of strength and elegance and illustrated beautifully with paintings and photographs. I’m delighted that she chose mine among … Continue reading
it’s an epidemic!
My partner got her hair cut last week! She’d let her hair grow/stay long these last several years because I asked her to. (That’s love….!) Over the last year, ever since we moved, we haven’t been able to find THE … Continue reading
the nest
Trusting that my kid doesn’t read my blog (she thinks it’s weird that I have one), I write: I sit here amidst unusual clutter in my office (I’m re-organizing some files, and I hit a wall this afternoon in the … Continue reading
the perfect recipe…?
Food for thought: Take the incredible idea of a King who loves me so much that He’d be willing to die for me… In a culture that is structured around hierarchy and authority… Add a sense of unworthiness and isolation … Continue reading
meta ego
Everyone has an ego. People do. I do, you do. Perhaps organizations do too. Corporations, and unions. Maybe even religious denominations! I’m no psychologist, but I know about the practice of recognizing and letting go of one’s ego-impulse that insists … Continue reading