Image credit Full post on Medium. I’m genuinely confused why Master’s Academy won’t answer my email, message and tags on Facebook. Here’s their policy as posted on Orlando Sentinel reporter Annie Martin’s Twitter account years ago: Since the school still has the policy, it clearly stands by it. Why not defend itself to little ole […]
The Reverend Who Broke Our Hearts
Photo by: 愚木混株 Cdd20 from Pixabay I think back to the day the Rev spoke at my church about how as a man he could never understand the pain unwed pregnant girls and women went through. “How dare I be so arrogant to even try?” he said. He said his job was only to listen, learn and to support girls […]
Separating Bigoted Churches. I’m All For It.
Originally published on Medium.com A quarter of Methodist congregations abandon the church as schism grows over LGBTQ issues — USA Today. 12/20/23 When I heard that the United Methodist Church officially split over same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy, I was outraged. For more than a decade I was a content Methodist. I walked in wary, not […]
No, It’s Not a Cult
Originally published in Human Parts Nine times out of ten when people ask me about my Unitarian Universalist church I get a strange look. What they’re dying to know is are we some sort of cult. Nope, a bona fide religion. No devil worship or blood sacrifices. No groupthink. But Laura, no Bible? no doctrine? […]
Barbie: Hilarious satire, sympathetic to both men and women.
The Barbie movie isn’t male bashing. Ultimately it’s sympathetic to both men and women.
Why Would I Ever Want to See the Barbie Movie? Now I Know.
Barbie is all things to all women.
Chevy Chase was wrong. The Grand Canyon.
I expected to feel some mild version of that Chevy Chase scene in Vacation. I mean not entirely pre-jaded, but prepared to smile, nod and check her off my travel list. The Grand Canyon, who hasn’t gone, who hasn’t dragged her family to the edge while holding their child’s hand so she doesn’t plunge to […]
Even the Most Hateful Views Can Evolve. Former Westboro Baptist Member Converts to Love.
Sometimes the best you can do when you disagree is privately unfriend, change the subject, graciously walk away.
When street evangelists scream preach I just ignore. But this guy is interrupting people working out.
Evangelicals who scream preach in public are obnoxious. Jesus was a peaceful guy. Stop yelling.
New Year Resolutions? Go Small. Three Things to Add to 2024.
Years ago I swore off making one single day the starting line for when to begin a new habit, or drop an old one. I figure any day is fine. But as the new year approached I still thought about what I wanted to change. How I wanted to change. For me, it’s an endless […]