It seems that I spend several hours each week undoing my elementary school education. Please don’t tell all the grade school teachers that I’m friends with on …
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Multifaith Mashup: Moses, Miriam, and Raksha Bandhan
What do these couples have in common – Shirley MacLaine/Warren Beatty, Zeus/Hera, Richard/Karen Carpenter? They’re all famous (at least in some circles) …
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Vision Quests: More Interfaith than You Might Think
On Monday, I dropped my daughter off for another week of Growing Goddess camp. The moms joke that it's just a bunch of naked girls in the woods, but the truth …
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Taking in the Wild Goose
Crap. A festival. I’m not a festival kind of gal. In fact, my teenaged daughter counts this as a major parenting defect. I have taken her to Indonesia, Peru, …
What the Heck is a Cosmic Mass?
A couple of weeks ago, I attended my second cosmic mass. Both were held at Jubilee! Community church here in Asheville. In some ways they were similar; in other …
Multifaith Mashup: Storms
Apparently, Americans are uniquely obsessed with the weather. The National Weather Service has 121,000 Twitter followers and a web site that offers weather …
Naughty Nuns
Naughty nuns are in the news quite a bit these days. We’re somehow attracted to women in habits found in slightly improper or undignified situations. Hollywood …
Multifaith Mashup: Magic in the Bible and Islamic Stories
My school-aged son and I attended a magic show last Friday afternoon. It was…well…magical. This guy was pulling wine bottles out of scarves and marked $100 …
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Multifaith Mashup: Humility
Humility, like compassion and peace, is a theme found in the sacred texts of all religions, but the meaning varies depending on context. In some cases, emphasis …
Multifaith Mashup: Peace, Breath, and the Holy Spirit
This weekend, the Sunday School kids at Jubilee! Community church in Asheville, NC will be exploring a short but powerful Bible passage that appears only in …
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