Not Helping

I’m a marketer, so I’m declaring this week’s rapture WAY off brand and compromising the message.  The Vatican made the right move — having the Pope as brand manager. Speaking of message, Camping would like to qualify that it’s tonight, not tomorrow. So the looting parties begin at midnight. Don’t miss out on a new… Continue reading Not Helping

The Secular Conscience

I’ve enjoyed the debate springing up in comments, thank you all! I have heard much brilliance, and observed these themes emerging. Does religion do more harm than good? What, if any, limitations are there to a purely secular future? And if there is a chance that a religion-free society would be better, should we not… Continue reading The Secular Conscience

What Defines a Cult?

Here’s the news, as reported by MSNBC:  Fourteen years ago, a member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Concord, NH, allegedly rapes his 15-yr-old babysitter and gets her pregnant. Then, the pastor at the time, Rev. Charles Phelps makes her read a forced written statement of apology about being immoral and recommends/helps her family move… Continue reading What Defines a Cult?

Default

I know some writers detest blogging.  Maybe my marketing background makes this not the case for me.  I’d totally rather blog then pound through edits on my current manuscript, but I want this thing sparkling for the conference and so . . . I have been a bad little blogger. I have a deadline, see,… Continue reading Default

Writing Breakthrough

I watched my husband, Sage, quit smoking, a lot, in our last fifteen years of marriage. After his eighth or maybe eleventh try, he got it and has been smoke free for seven years. His laborious process of quitting has inspired me because I am trying to quit something too. I am trying to break… Continue reading Writing Breakthrough