Author Archives: Mindy

thin line

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Mindy

Where/when do we cross the line from tolerance (civility, “love”) to passively allowing oppression and injustice? Is there a difference between a christian’s motive to save my soul and my motive to stop the harm I believe their theology is … Continue reading →

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turning the other cheek

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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peddling, er winning, salvation

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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lovely blogs ~ part 2.2

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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lovely blogs ~ part 2.1

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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one lovely blog

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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it’s an epidemic!

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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the nest

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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the perfect recipe…?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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meta ego

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Mindy

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 →

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