I’m a preacher’s kid. It’s only lately that I’ve realized just how much that identity has affected me. It’s affected me in good ways and bad ways. In many, many sad ways. It’s written on every facet of my life. The thing that makes me most upset about being a preacher’s kid-”PK” as we’re often [...]
Archive for the ‘Faith, Questions, & Those Crazy Institutions’ Category
22 Apr
I’m Boycotting Astrology
I have officially decided to boycott astrology. In other words, I’ve decided to come out of the closet as saying: sorry folks, but I think astrology is just plain hooey. Now, I’m sure there are many of you reading this who came to this conclusion at the tender age of six and are now laughing [...]
28 Nov
Ecstatic Filming and Why I Went to Seminary
I. Am. Ecstatic. I’ve been glowing for almost forty-eight hours, in fact. On Monday morning, I put on my best skirt and boarded a train for Princeton, NJ–for a callback. Even though it was quite cold and rainy, I thoroughly enjoyed my little day trip. I also thoroughly enjoyed the short walk from the train [...]
3 Aug
Some More Thoughts on the Universe
So, today I’ve been thinking about the nature and purpose of the universe. Again. Because it’s Friday. Or, more accurately, because it’s a rather annoying habit of mine. Either way… As many of you know, I just completed my first year at seminary; or as many Christians would call it: “cemetery”. The fear in many [...]
15 Jun
Religion’s Child
This one hurts: Aware of light and yet condemned to gropeThrough dark regressions’ cave, told she must findLife’s purpose in that blackness, without hope,Denied the luminescence of her mindUntil, at last, she finds the darkness kind,Religion’s child—a babe once bright and fair,Curls up, tucks in her tail, and says her prayer. –Sherry Matulis, Women Without [...]
20 May
Imperfect Heaven
“Heaven–noun. In some religions, the place, sometimes imagined to be in the sky, where God or the gods live and/or where good people are believed to go after they die, so that they can enjoy perfect happiness.” –CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY I’ve heard many mentions of heaven lately. I suppose, when deaths are occuring around you, it’s [...]
17 May
Chocolate Jesus
A co-worker of mine and I were having your average, ordinary “elevator conversation” until the topic turned to one not commonly heard–that of a “Chocolate Jesus”. Apparently an artist had just fashioned an “anatomically correct” Jesus–made completely of chocolate–and it was generating quite a buzz. My first reaction to this story was a chuckle. I [...]
13 Apr
Some Thoughts On The Universe
Gurus…Haven’t you ever noticed that the only people with a perfectly happy, perfectly abundant, perfectly healthy life are the celebrity gurus who are making millions from their philosophy for a perfectly happy, perfectly abundant, perfectly healthy life? And what’s up with their eerily white teeth? Religion…When I whittle it all down, all philosophies and religions–for [...]
6 Mar
“Jesus Found: small movie from Canada”
Today, my Jesus finally spoke. “Jesus of Montreal”. Ever heard of it? I never had. Made in 1990, filmed in a French-speaking part of Canada, it traces the story of an acting troupe and its director as they attempt a fresh, innovative version of “The Passion Play” of Jesus Christ. The premise sounds cute enough. [...]
