Jesus Of Nazareth, Toxic Masculinity and Toxic Religion

My “Christian Sermon” for the day will be quite brief. The story of the prodigal son IS ACTUALLY A PARABLE OF THE STORY OF JESUS OF NAZARETH, and is, potentially, our own story as well. Those that make him divinely inspired from birth have turned his life into a myth, Read more

The Conspiracy Of Silence Part Six “AA, Addictions, and Our Higher Power”

MIND (a poem) The Master Power that molds and makes, And Man is Mind, Evermore he takes the tools of thought And shaping what he wills, Creates a thousand joys, A thousand ills, He thinks in secret But in comes to pass, Environment is but his looking-glass. James Allen (As Read more

The Conspiracy Of Silence “Dead Men Tell No Tales”

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. – Lois McMaster Bujold This is the third part of my continuing series on “Silence”. There has been an epidemic of younger, white, middle class men who have been dying at Read more

The Conspiracy Of Silence Part Two “Don’t Talk, Don’t Feel, Don’t Heal”

This is the second part of my continuing series on silence:   We arrived at the Oregon coast, at Cannon Beach, on a partly sunny Monday afternoon. We were quickly greeted by our very long-term dear friend from Arizona, June and her ten-year love interest, Michael (are you ever getting Read more

The Conspiracy Of Silence Part One “The Teacher”

This is the first of a series exploring the reasons behind my participation in The Conspiracy Of Silence   She considered herself a minister, and a teacher, and a leader, for those on “the spiritual path”. She was quite the planner, and was also studious, and read everything readily available Read more

THE WHITE BEARDED OLD MAN UP THERE

Friday, Donald Trump continued to contemplate, with his former aide and disgraced General Flynn, the overthrow of our government through implementation of martial law.  The Times reported Saturday that Trump asked during a White House meeting that also involved Flynn’s lawyer, Sidney Powell, about a recommendation his former aide had Read more