The Great Litany asks us to look in the mirror before we look at the world. But the mirror doesn’t have to be theological. It can be as ordinary as the work you do every day — and what you notice when you’re honest about how you do it. Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night because the daylight is too bright for the questions he’s carrying. This piece starts there: in the dark, with the questions you haven’t said out loud yet, and the things you’ve been avoiding naming. Where in your own creative or spiritual life do you feel the tension between needing help and wanting to honor the people who help you? A companion to Good Lord, Deliver Us: The Great Litany as Exile Survival Kit on Functioning Faith.

Given how much I talk about atheism, it might be a surprise to learn that I read tarot cards. I have done so since I was barely into double digits age-wise, and learned from an old hermit in the middle of the jungle. He also gave me my first tarot deck, an old Rider-Waite deck.

Explores what happens when a productivity system stops working and why that loss can feel significant for neurodivergent individuals. Covers how to recognize when a system has quietly failed, why systems that once fit your brain may no longer serve you, and how to move forward without shame when the structure you relied on no longer holds.

What does “having a wife” really mean in modern relationships? Cheating hinges on violating love rules.

A partner’s history is, by definition, behind the curtain. It shapes who she is, but it doesn’t dictate your present together.

Initially published in 1979 by Random House, with subsequent paperback editions from Vantage Books (Knopf Doubleday) and Penguin Books, The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels continues to offer a comprehensive overview of many of the 52 ancient texts discovered at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945. This book remains significant even 46 years after its original release. Elaine Pagels is widely recognized as a leading expert on the history of early Christianity, from the death of Jesus Christ to the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

How suicidal thoughts changed my life In this story i will tell you how a few thoughts of death changed my life and how I see it

A love story that doesn’t bruise the skin — it bruises the nervous system. Velvet Teeth explores obsession, control, addiction, and the quiet ways we lose ourselves inside someone else.

Notation of a nightmare. Stalked, tormented, and afraid; I've had these for months. They come and they go, but the subject remains the same.

Never Leave a Knife In The Sink - remembering interactions that shaped my thoughts and feelings while living with a partner that wasn't the right one.

The second installment in my Lenten series: Good Lord Deliver Us, The Great Litany as Exile Survival Kit. We have given voice to our grief. Now it’s time to look in the mirror and see how we came to be here. Based upon the Scripture readings for the Second Sunday in Lent (Year A)

When you say the word "Research", you tend to think nerdy men in lab coats with beakers... however, I did plenty of research and hypothetical research into adolescents during my graduate studies. One part of my dissertation included a proposal to help a specific area of psychology and childhood development. Continue Reading...

Yesterday was Sunday, and I was at a craft market — I’m a vendor, and I sell at this market every week. Honestly, this time of year, I don’t make money at it. In fact, I often don’t make enough to cover the table, but it’s usually pretty close. There were pamphlets for Al-Anon on the table when I arrived. Now, I don’t have a problem with 12-step programs, but they have the same success rates as quitting cold turkey does, and I think this is important to know.

It was overlooked but still I feel insecurity creeping in. I fought a battle with myself and won on numerous occasions. While I harmed the very being of my own identity, I realized, my story isn't pretty but it is inspiring. To fight the urgency of a decay unlike cancer but still on the inside, this decay that is from the brain and endorphins. There is a battle wound melded into my soul that shines through the lightened streaks on my arms and legs. Continue reading...

I would like to hear feedback and comments on my E-book, CHILDREN OF THE NEW SUN. It has generated much controversy and interest since its publication two months ago.

Scars heal bruises fade It is only the heat of the moment that with in us stays we think and debate then we strike and abate

Tears of sorrow Tears of pain Tears of loss Tears that never wane Screaming pleading Begging for it's return Feeling only the flames of rejection

some places don’t ask you to fit in. they just make room for you. you feel it in the small moments, the soft crunch of gravel, the glow of a porch light, the way the air settles around you like it remembers your name. belonging isn’t loud here. it’s gentle. it’s steady. it’s the feeling of finally exhaling because you’re standing somewhere that knows you.

This poem is written from loving someone to the point where you can't even stand them but you don't want to be alone and you don't know why you're just hurting and sad but you realize you don't love them you just don't want to be alone.

never ignores wise words, they are the daily journals written everyday with pure discipline not some motivational hypes