Before I begin this post about the Golden Compass, a refreshingly original fantasy by Philip Pullman and a movie that will be released on December 7th, I have to mention that our very own xJane, with her exclusive Hollywood connections, has already seen and pre/reviewed the movie! Listen to tone of Bill Donahue (sort of [...]

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Even though I am a unabashed atheist, many of my heroes–my virtual mentors, if you will–are believers. In many ways, Krista Tippett’s (who calls herself “a person of faith”) Public Radio program Speaking of Faith sets the bar for the new Mind on Fire. Every time I listen to her interviews, she challenges my preconceptions [...]

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I’d like to see a similar compilation of the Koran, but in the meantime, I shall leave you with this thought: instead of prayers in schools, we should have bears in schools. And let you find out for yourselves exactly which verse that describes. hattip

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I was thinking of this recently, as I prepared for judo. DH & I have stopped going to tai chi and I really miss it, not because I enjoyed it per se but because it felt like it was filling some kind of a void. I no longer go to church on Sundays (and never [...]

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