Jesus

Losing her religion

First published on Purple Clover. I have no doubt I helped destroy my daughter’s faith in God, although I myself, still believe in God, god, in some form or another. As Tina grew up, my higher power shifted from a His Will Be Done Christian to a genderless “divine force in the universe” with good […]

This Pope is dope

dope  adj. cool, nice, awesome   Title too flip for the highest Catholic? Just wait, some hip-hopper will pen a positive rap about Pope Francis.  He’s street. He’s of the people, all people. At least in tone, because when I stop swooning and take a look, his policies on church law haven’t changed. The Pope hasn’t reversed a […]

Jesus and Jello. Why I liked my religious buffet growing up.

Image credit: Wikipedia   Excerpted from my essay “Jesus and Jello” I was raised with a la carte religion, a buffet line of a little bit here, a little bit there, mostly Methodist with a dash of Presbyterian. From time to time my mother brought my sister and I to our local church’s Sunday school […]

Church only on Christmas and Easter? What would Jesus say? I bet I can guess.

Image source: By zole4, published on 17 September 2011 My teen daughter, once a frequent flyer at church with children and youth programs, now has to be dragged to church once a month. Sleep wins. I’m now fine with this. I’ve largely left mainstream religion and am leaning towards joining our Unitarian Universalist. My love […]