Author: Rocky
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
Just Found This Site
http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/ Thank you Sage!
A Long Answer to a Few of Jamie’s Comments
Jamie, I adore you. And not just because you quoted e.e. Cummings in my comment section. Okay, lots to chew on here and so new post so the comment section doesn’t burst. Jamie says: “I have to say that by definition all churches (maybe all religions) are cults. The question is what degree of harm… Continue reading A Long Answer to a Few of Jamie’s Comments
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
Indy’s Inadvertent Tribute to Andy Warhol
My son is six and when asked yesterday to share his favorite part of vacationing he said, “Taking videos in new places.” As I watch him work in his beloved medium, I am reminded of my writing life and also reminded of how an art/skill journey flows. It is not linear (as my friend Holly… Continue reading Indy’s Inadvertent Tribute to Andy Warhol
The Complexities of Christianity
Mark 3:25 — “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” Wow. Talk about a house divided. Denominational politics at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem literally block the construction of a much needed fire exit. Nothing quite sums up the problems of denominational relations like this piece in… Continue reading The Complexities of Christianity