I have pretty much always been a spiritual person. I spent most of my formative (8 – 18) years growing up in a ultra conservative [...]
Jul 312010
Jan 162010
I am a student. I have been a student as long as I remember. And it is a pleasure to be a student. It is [...]
Dec 312009
- lived (in order) in Pleasant Hill, CA, SE Portland, NE Portland, NW Portland, Twain Harte, CA, NE Portland, SE Portland, Twain Harte, CA, and [...]
Nov 182009
As part of a class assignment I recently wrote and delivered a rite of passage for transgender, genderqueer and gender non-conforming individuals. Read more about [...]
Feb 222009
from Carol P. Christ’s Rebirth of the Goddess: To transform the way we think we must find alternatives to dualistic and hierarchial habits of thought. [...]
Feb 032009
“Often our minds, conditioned and indoctrinated as they have been, can prevent us from perceiving the truth; sometimes our bodies can tell us more.” — [...]
Jan 242009
Embodied Thinking Embodied thinking is an alternative to objective thought. When we think through the body, we reflect upon the standpoints embedded in our life [...]
Aug 202008
It was right around the time that M and I split and after my health scare that I realized that it was absolutely time for [...]
Aug 072008
Today I had my second sitting AND got the pics from the amazing this.nik of my first sitting for the Kali tattoo. Ink done by [...]
Jul 242008
I just got home from my first sitting for my new tattoo. I haven’t talked about it too openly and I do not have the [...]
Feb 162008
You, the Ultimate Reality, are All in All. Atheism confesses the ineffability of Your Essence. Polytheism personifies Your manifold Attributes. Monotheism witnesses the unity of [...]
Jan 082008
As part of my thesis research I have come across a organization called The Interfaith Alliance which is currently taking part in a campaign called [...]
Dec 022007
I’ve now made it through my first term of thesis. I’m a bit stunned by how quickly this term flew by, not to mention the [...]
Nov 162007
This past weekend I had a “come to Jesus moment.” I quickly (or considering that it is week eight of a ten week term, not [...]
Apr 162007
Oct 172006
WARNING: This is a stream of consciousness to simply unload some fullness of the brain I am touched by the very thing that has caused [...]
Sep 092005
Recently I had a conversation with friends over dinner about my international travels when I was a teenager. Essentially, I was a pretty hardcore christian [...]