I have to admit to an enormous fondness for the original Christmas Carols. I was in the P.S. 35 Glee Club — as was everyone else. They were non-discriminatory about vocal quality. If you could squawk out something slightly musical,… Read More ›
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A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! FROM THE SHINBONE STAR – Marilyn Armstrong
A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! WRITTEN BY MADMEGSBLOG – DECEMBER 22, 2019 A small but significant Christmas miracle recently happened on Friday. The magazine Christianity Today published an op-ed that said Trump should be removed from office. It seems like the Evangelicals denounced their… Read More ›
THANKS, NOW LEAVE – Rich Paschall
Not Welcome Anymore, by Rich Paschall Roger was a busy guy. In recent months he absolutely could not find time to fit one more thing into his schedule. The local pastor, Jared, was even busier and usually kept to a… Read More ›
FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #33
Fandango’s Provocative Question #33 It’s hard to talk about this stuff without sounding pious or self-righteous. Personally, I always wonder if I have a price too and it’s merely that no one has offered to pay it that I have managed… Read More ›
PEDIATRIC RELIGION – Marilyn Armstrong
When my first husband and I were getting married, he was something vaguely Protestant, though no one in his family knew what. They never attended church and while they were wild about Christmas, it was a very non-Christian version of… Read More ›
HERESY OR HILARITY? by Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Heretic We are lucky to be living in a time when heresy is a personal, private issue rather than a constitutional one. When Garry and I got married, we married in his Lutheran church because my husband… Read More ›
A LIVELY NEW SIN FOR A TIRED OLD WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
I did a some quick, shallow research on the original seven big ones, known lovingly as “the seven deadly sins.” Here is a quick reminder for those who didn’t do Dante, or who have (conveniently?) forgotten: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth,… Read More ›
ABUSE AND FORGIVENESS – Marilyn Armstrong
All religions have some good points, even ones with which you don’t quite always agree. Personally, I am very fond of the Christian concept of “forgiveness.” It is not “I forgive you, let’s go hang out.” It is closer to “God… Read More ›
A TINY, MONSTROUS FANGED HEAD – Marilyn Armstrong
Being Jewish is a religion, but for many of us, it isn’t only a religion. In fact, for a lot for us, Judaism isn’t religious at all, but rather a commitment to a lifestyle. It entails a wide range of… Read More ›
GOD HAS A PLAN – Marilyn Armstrong
I was still trying to figure out if John Oliver was really going off the air, or it was the end of this season, or we’d just missed the final few minutes of his piece because we have a stupid… Read More ›
How The Universe Began ~ The Dogon View – Tish Farrell
Originally posted on Tish Farrell:
The Dogon people of the Bandiagara Plateau in Mali, West Africa have an extraordinarily complex cosmology that informs every aspect of their socio-sacred lives. First communicated by Dogon elders to French anthropologist, Marcel Griaule, in…
COVET NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR’S ASS
So there we were in the car driving home. I was mentally shuffling the heap of miscellaneous stuff that passes for my brain and trying to remember all ten of the commandments. Why? Because I thought I should know them. They are supposedly… Read More ›
