October 2015 – The Daring Adventure Life

Love Alone Bestows a Spiritual Meaning: Procreation Must Come Down Off Its Pedestal (Mini-Blog #9)

The preservation of the species and selfish sexual pleasure reduce the partner to a mere tool and destroy his dignity. Love alone bestows a spiritual meaning… Read more “Love Alone Bestows a Spiritual Meaning: Procreation Must Come Down Off Its Pedestal (Mini-Blog #9)”

The tendency to equate faith with doctrine, and then argue terminology and concepts, distracts us from what faith is actually about. Faith is not a commodity we… Read more “Doubtful Wrestling is a Sign of Faith Not of Unbelief or (God is Bigger than I Am and the Boxes into which I put Him)”

A marvelous reminder that we look at the flesh, but God looks at the heart: Once on Mount Athos there was a monk who lived in Karyes.… Read more “An Alcoholic Monk? Or (Even Addicts Are Saints: Men Looks at the Flesh, But God Looks at the Heart)”

Abortion. Homosexuality. Gay marriage. 1950s nuclear family. Religious right. Myths of “Christian persecution.” Antni-LGBTQI adoption. Legislative Christian morality. Anti-porn legislation. Myths of a “Christian nation.” If these… Read more “We Are the War Inside: A Call to Stop Waging Political and Cultural Wars”

An often repeated opposition to gay marriage and allowing LGBTQI people to adopt is “Children are best raised by a father AND a mother!” Not only does… Read more “The Modern Family or (Children Don’t Need a Dichotomous View of Humanity: A More Inclusive View on Marriage, Family, Gender, and Parenting)”

Originally posted on A Poem a day:
I love being a girl. I can feel what you’re feeling as you’re feeling it inside the feeling before. I…

An amazing quote from a TED Talk by Eve Ensler called “Embracing Your Inner Girl” (please watch it): I know that we have systematically annihilated the girl… Read more “Bullets Are Actually Hardened Tears (Embracing Your Inner Girl, Masculinity, and Vulnerability)”