Please Don’t Cut My Heart Out on Thanksgiving

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Blogging is very much a form of community engagement for me. I look at the last few posts, and there is so much to learn from one another about spirituality, religion, semantics, and how to engage in effective dialogue on the internet. It's a relief to read thoughtful, mindful comments, and witness the kaleidoscope of human thought and perspective casting colors all over my computer screen. The backdrop of my blog is colorful now, too. As with my post on salvation, I've taken inspiration from … [Read more...]

The Just Treatment Of Puppies And Old People

My grandparents got a puppy. They shouldn't have, but they did. They're old and slow, and puppies are the opposite of those two things. But they recently lost a dog who had been their companion for years. And the new puppy, which looks a lot like their old dog except puppy-sized, is the most adorable, the most soft, the most lovable thing you've ever seen. And so, they bought it. At a pet store. In a mall. They did this in spite of the strong discouragement from their three, grown children who … [Read more...]