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A lot of you may remember me mostly for one of two reasons. My ignorant yet passionate rants on religion or my blog on my autistic brother, my complete stranger. Unfortunately, I didn't have the ability to write on anything else so I wrote on those two since they in general attracted a lot of attention. I am glad that by now, I have a lot more to say. A lot has happened since then.  Read More »

The whole idea of forgiveness is one that seems often misunderstood when it comes to the church. Common statements about it include, “So if someone sins on Saturday, all they have to do is come to church on Sunday and they’ll be forgiven?” or “Does that mean child molestors get to go to heaven and is treated the same as Someone who has never sinned in his or her life?”  Read More »

Pope Benedict XVI, the "holy" man formerly known as Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Prince reference anybody?), used Winter Solstice as an opportunity to continue a lie.

Ratzinger proclaimed that by comprehending the laws of nature we can somehow grow in our understanding and appreciation of "the Lord's" works.

In truth, there is a HUGE disconnect between religious "faith" and scientific fact.  Read More »

I was reflecting on this question following the “Seven MORE Deadly Sins” blog that I wrote, for I am a Catholic by choice. I was raised Lutheran, and chose to convert. I haven’t looked back in regret. For me, I felt closer to the Higher Power I choose to call God in the Catholic rituals than I did in the Lutheran.  Read More »

As you may have picked up, dear reader, from previous posts, I am a drug and alcohol counselor with homeless addicts in a city setting. One of my clients, during our one on one session a few days ago, came to me with fears that she is going to hell because she is homeless. She informed me that the Vatican recently released a new list of things that are deadly sins, and this was on it.  Read More »

Experiencing Life Together ~  Read More »

I was recently in attendance at a Church of Christ Sunday service when two things caught my ear. The first of these was on the idea of Judeo-Christian morality and the second was on the topic of false prophets, specifically, Mohammed. These were the two things that when I heard them, my face immediately creased into a frown and I began to listen more intently at what was being spoken…  Read More »

I’m not at all a Seinfeld fan, and this is really the only line I cite from that series. As a drug and alcohol counselor with homeless addicts, I talk a lot with my clients about serenity and what it means for them and their recovery. Many of them live in the streets, of course, and so finding peace at all is near impossible.  Read More »