Archive for September 2007
The gay rights dilemma
Posted by: dana on: September 28, 2007
- In: faith | gay rights | Jesus | Religion
- 11 Comments
Ah one of the most divisive issues in the church today: the gay rights movement. I don’t dare open the debate about what God thinks about homosexuality. I’m not interested in comments that include Bible passages condemning gays or interpretations that negate those condemnations. My question is, does it matter? Should what the Bible says [...]
Can vegetarians end world hunger?
Posted by: dana on: September 20, 2007
- In: Bible | Poverty | Religion
- 3 Comments
They can at least help, says Peta in an article on its Web site: Meat means misery for the world’s hungry Grain is used to fatten animals instead of people, the article says, claiming it takes 16 pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat for human consumption. Therefore if fewer animals were being [...]
Anger management
Posted by: dana on: September 14, 2007
- In: faith | Forgiveness | Religion
- 4 Comments
So I’ve been wrestling with anger issues lately, and frankly, anger has been kicking my butt. Everything has been making me wickedly furious: my bosses, money, the news, politics, family, bloggers. My chest constantly felt like a giant clenched fist. Then I found an old fortune I had saved from inside a cookie: “For hate [...]
The people I will never meet because of 9/11
Posted by: dana on: September 11, 2007
I wrote this column in 2004 (hence the Kerry/Bush references), but I wanted to share it with all of you on this forum. Let me know your thoughts and please share your own stories. Sept. 11 about humanity, not political agendas I never met David Suarez, but I miss him. He had aspirations of going [...]
Our deepest fear…
Posted by: dana on: September 10, 2007
- In: faith | free will | Pop culture | Religion
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Another quote. This one comes from Marianne Williamson as is featured in the movie “Akeelah and the Bee.” Really inspiring. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am [...]
If Jesus died now…
Posted by: dana on: September 7, 2007
- In: Politics | Pop culture | Religion
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I simply loved this quote, so I had to share. Thanks Lenny “If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. “ Lenny Bruce And now, becasue this quote reminds me of the painting that inspired this blog, a shameless plug for my [...]
