In my weaker moments, when I miss the comforting embrace of religion, I have a devotion to Mary, as do many Catholic women (I think we’re kinda supposed to), but not that Mary. No, the cool Mary. This is the most beautiful prayer to her I have ever heard. The part that makes me cry: [...]

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I may be late to the party on some of these, but I thought they were worth sharing around: Someone cut together Buffy and shots of Edward Cullen from Twilight to show us how the movie should have gone. Watch it at full screen for the full effect and stay tuned through the end to [...]

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Over at the Wild Hunt, Jason has compiled a number of startling links about the “Third Wave of the Holy Spirit”. You know, the really scary xians. He comes at it from a small-religion perspective, but in this, we atheists must also be aware of the actions and intents of the Third Wave—and stand with [...]

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Many people have already posted about the greening of our twitter icons (which shows visible solidarity, but has no other effect), but here is something you can do that will make a difference. Change your Twitter location to a city in Iran and change your time zone to GMT +3:30, making “it harder for the [...]

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see the full size version for detail of the top One of the things that really bothered me about my father’s funeral was the body. It was in no way his body—he was long gone from it—and yet it was made to look “alive”. He had make up on, combed hair, a suit & tie, [...]

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Here’s #004 in the wild (explanation in post): A few months ago, after getting a feel for Twitter, I wanted to see what I could do with it as a writer. I began tweeting a story. I am still in the middle of what I’ve tentatively named, “The Bean, the Brew and the Buzz.” Here [...]

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For life is quite absurd And death’s the final word You must always face the curtain with a bow. Forget about your sin – give the audience a grin Enjoy it – it’s your last chance anyhow.

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I have mixed feelings about the discussion that’s taking place at my maybe I’m being ex’d post, and I wanted to work out my unease out loud. Though I’m capable of it, I don’t like rational argument when discussing my personal religious experience. I’m not competitive. I don’t really have anything to prove. I prefer [...]

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Several of you have directed my attention to what I believe may be the post that offended LDS muckety-mucks enough to invite me to a disciplinary council. It’s a video blog entry in which I show and comment on a brief excerpt of HBO’s Big Love depiction of the temple veil ceremony, I read from [...]

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When the local Mormon Stake President came to the door, I was half-hoping it was Carolyn, wanting to share a glass of Layer Cake Shiraz (that she had recommended) while our wives were at paddling practice. The kids were wrapping up dinner and Isaac and I were sitting on the couches enjoying warm conversation and [...]

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