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Note: The Separation of Spirituality and Civility (We are on our own)

The damage people do the ecosystem cannot be corrected with prayer. It does not matter what god one prays to. It does not matter how important the cause that led to the contribution to climate change. No prayer can be so sophisticated to undo such damages. There is no perfection of mysticism that will correct …

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Half-truths are like bad poetry (trivial notes)

By nature people tend to see and hear and they want to see and hear. It really cannot be helped and isn’t going to be washed out of them in the space of a few social media messages. And yet, the all intellectual, justice-striving liberal left has no problem making fun of these very people …

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On Abstaining from Asceticism: A Repost from scifi.global

I want to return to my post, “Solarpunk and Vestiges of the Ascetic.” My primary point, which I believe I failed to communicate is the suffering required to attain the transcendent moment, to meet that clarity, is flawed. What I intended to say is that we should not suffer for a moment of enlightenment. To …

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God is Coming for Me Soon: My Ongoing, Complex, Relationship with Progressive Theology

Recently I wrote the poem, “A Vision of Sands,” about seeing my God with Her clinched hand, either about to rescue her people or already in the process of already doing so. This was not poetic extravagance, but an actual minor vision I experienced. This was far from the first time over the years, the …

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