MISCELLANY – Page 20

J is for Judgmental

I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. Judgmentalism (not technically a word, but highly useful) is an aspect of the “false self” that we put on because we don’t feel good about who we are. This falls underContinue reading “J is for Judgmental”

H is for Hell

I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. I have never written about hell. I have never delivered a sermon about it. I have never taught a single lesson on it. There are two reasons for this. The firstContinue reading “H is for Hell”

G is for Gratitude

Gratitude uploaded by J316 on Flickr I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. With this being Thanksgiving week, the first thing I am thankful for is that the word Gratitude begins with G so I can doContinue reading “G is for Gratitude”

E is for Education

I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. You will not find a bigger fan and supporter of education than me. My father taught school for 40 years. My wife has been teaching for seven years. They are bothContinue reading “E is for Education”

D is for Divorce

I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. Practically everyone who gets married does so believing marriage is forever. Religious people even bring God into it, citing the scripture that says God hates divorce, as if it is aContinue reading “D is for Divorce”

C is for Clarity

Photo by Robot Monster I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. There is nothing like seeing clearly. At least that’s what I’ve heard. If there’s anything all the world religions have in common, it is the contention thatContinue reading “C is for Clarity”

B is for Balance

Moonlight balance, by heiko.b. – hickoree I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. The older I get, the more I am convinced that the balance I have spent my life seeking externally can only be found internally. That is,Continue reading “B is for Balance”

A is for Anxiety

artwork by Surrealist on Flickr.com I am currently blogging, along with my daughter, all the way through the alphabet. Check out how the idea started, and get the rules here. Anxiety has been one of the guiding forces of my life, determining more about the way I live day to day than almost anything else.Continue reading “A is for Anxiety”

Blogging the Alphabet

Keys, by stevecw19 on Flickr Starting tomorrow my daughter Kyra (Keer’ uh) and I are beginning a joint venture in blogging. We will begin a blogging journey through the alphabet, each day blogging on a successive letter, A to Z. Here are the rules we have established: 1. I called the word “Xenophobia” for X whileContinue reading “Blogging the Alphabet”

The Shadow

Have you ever gotten to a point where you realized, somehow, that you were a mess? Have you ever gone through a time where you discovered deep in yourself some dark fear, or some deep insecurity, or some profound feeling of insufficiency that scared you? Have you ever seen something in yourself that bothered youContinue reading “The Shadow”