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Technorati Tags: relgious images,spirituality,comparative theology Twelve years ago or more I was a chaplain at a Veterans Hospital in Colorado. I worked in the substance abuse and psychiatric units. It was one of the favorite jobs of my lifetime thus far. The guys (mostly guys) were respectful, easy to work with (on the days that [...]
The Unity Church here in Spokane is sponsoring an eleven day “Celebration of Peace” starting on September 11th. On that day, and for the ten days thereafter they will host a series of forums with guest speakers and panels, and hope to spread this celebration throughout the city. All of that is local, and so [...]
…no hell below us… above us only sky… The Painted Drum: A Novel (P.S.) by Louise Erdrich Read more about this book… I’m preparing a non-linear collaborative look at what she/I might do if we really only had 37 days to live with a new-but-already-deep-in-it friend Karen Crone from my Everyday Memoir In the process, [...]
This is a cross-post from Dave Pollard’s site, How to Save the World. It is a reprint from a 2007 post. It is so meaty and conversation-generating, that we’re putting it on the Virtual Tea House, just as it is. Please feel free to comment here or on Dave’s site. Here’s the RSS feed for [...]
The Washington Post in its Style Invitational Column regularly publishes winning submissions to its neologism contests, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. You all have probably seen these before…but thought I’d send them anyway. My favorites in this particular line up are in red below. 1. Coffee (n), the [...]
dateline: July 14, 2008 Note: We love using the forum of this site to encourage people to write. Michele Duncan from Bend, Oregon, has finally agreed to write down some thoughts about being a creator. Thanks, Michele for saying ‘yes’! — Beth This weekend I co-created a flagstone work of art around our hamlet’s fire [...]
So this has been a week/month of losing things. I don’t normally lose things like keys and such. But this week, I left my purse in a restaurant–the same lunch restaurant that I left my purse in 2 weeks ago. I don’t ever remember leaving my purse anywhere before. Twice–same place. What’s that about? Luckily [...]
In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. — attributed to either Al Rogers or Eric Hoffer [quoted from How to Save the World] This post is a SynchroBlog on The Politics of God hosted through the [...]
This is not to be confused with ‘who’s yo’ mama?’ although there may be similarities. As we develop a blogroll for the Virtual Tea House, wanted to start with who I currently aggregate and move outward in concentric circles. oops that’s an eggroll not a blogroll. I’ll get this right yet. I realized this week [...]
This is a guest post by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, a regular blogger on the Virtual Tea House. She’s a little busy right now, so I’m posting this for her, to my blog. Four hours of labor…and a lifetime of preparation. Congratulations to Rosemerry, Eric, Shawnee, Finn…and that lucky Orchard Girl Vivian! Eric and Rosemerry [...]
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