Category: Spirituality
Central NC Pagan Pride Day
September 20th, 2008, 3 Comments
Carolina Spirit Quest manned the gate at the Central NC Pagan Pride Day (PPD) today. Several current and past board members, event staff, and other members of the Quest community worked the gate with me welcoming attendees, selling raffle tickets and Pagan Pride bracelets, and handing out programs. It was a long day, but [...]
What’s this country coming to?
July 29th, 2008, No Comments
The following is the text of an email my girlfriend sent to her family today. I can’t think of a worthy introduction, so I’ll just let her words stand on their own.
Rampage Attributed to Hatred of Liberalism
This hit hard for Lance and me. We go to a UU church in a conservative area, and [...]
TVUUC Shooting
July 28th, 2008, No Comments
I’m a bit wigged out just now. My then-wife and I visited TVUUC back when we moved to Knoxville for me to attend graduate school. This is the closest I’ve come to such violence in my life and my thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the deceased, the members of [...]
Have Scientists Found God?
October 11th, 2007, 1 Comment
Perhaps.
A Scientific American article talks about scientists being able to
provoke feelings of the presence of God in test subjects using a helmet
that stimulates certain parts of the brain:
The key, Ramachandran speculates, may be the limbic system, which
comprises interior regions of the brain that govern emotion and
emotional memory, such as the amygdala and hypothalamus. [...]
Is God still speaking?
July 13th, 2007, 1 Comment
Louise’s comment on PeaceBang’s article God is Still Speaking hit a strong resonant chord within me. She wrote:
God speaks to me when I suddenly tear up “for no reason.” The message is, “Pay attention. This is important. Find out why you are moved by this.” And when I realize that I am important enough for [...]
