Books #3: eat pray love

... has been uniquely divided into 108 tales to represent the 108 beads of the "Japa Mala" which is a string of beads used by Hindus and Buddhists for centuries to assist them in staying focused during prayerful meditation. Her stunning hold over writing shows through as each mini-chapter (of Italy, so far as I have read) opens and closes a door into her experience, her insight, and her opinions. Her...

40 T/D/Y #22: Religion and Faith

... my age who took their faith quite seriously made me pay more heed to it, and being in Rome, which was an intense experience in itself, also intensified my interest. I attended Rosary (a ritual of prayerful devotion) a few times with some of the students, and got my own set of Rosary beads. I also started saying prayers again at night before sleep. Finally, for the first time since I first had the...

grateful and enjoying stuff

So, it's been a while, since I've blogged. I feel balanced for the first time in a long time. I cannot believe the transition God has taken me on over the last couple years. To feel stable and relaxed about so much. Finding a confidence in Christ has guided me through so many situations where I would normally crumble. I met a boy at school this fall and God has stretched me greatly in my ...

Winter 2009: Part 2

...like a bowlful of jelly. A jovial blend of raspberry, blackberry, cranberry, pomegranate, and red grape is wrapped in a wisp of Bavarian woodsmoke. Pax Mundi Perfume Oil (Limited Edition): A prayerful ode to world peace. Smoky frankincense, bay laurel, myrtle pepper, peach nectar, myrrh, balsam of peru, Atlas cedarwood and gentle copaiba. Solstice Sugar Perfume Oil (Limited Edition): Rejoice in...

Happy Chanukah!

Tonight celebrants light the first candle. Happy Chanukah to all those who celebrate! It goes on for eight days and nights. I'm jealous of all the little presents. It's the Festival of Lights, and I love candles. But which song will you be singing? This one? Or something more traditional? Whichever you choose, I wish you a prayerful, reflective, and serene holiday.

ITP: AMAT TESTING GROUND

... do you know where your sisburger is? Well she's in the Temple of Atia, haranguing a priest there. She's at the altar where devotees leave their offerings for favors but she's hardly in the most prayerful of dispositions. She's holding a wad of bills... a burning wad of bills, turning slowly as if looking for the goddess she's addressing ] So this is where we're supposed to get in touch with ...

Before I fall asleep tonight

... name it Angel. I don't know if the future will hold more pregnancies or not. I don't know if we will move towards adopting or not. I don't know and I think it needs a lot of prayerful consideration before we go one way or the other. It is a decision that Jonathan and I will make together in the coming months. Thank you all for your prayers and your positive thoughts and well wishes! You are ...

Episcopal Church Elects Second Gay Bishop

... liberation." "We've been around this issue for 30 years," said Naughton, an adviser to the bishop of Washington. "It's unreasonable to expect us to refrain from acting on the very prayerful conclusions that we've reached, especially when we think there are issues of justice involved." Robinson said he told Glasspool before the election that he was grateful she was willing to put herself in ...

The Clan In Chaos

..., and that left their 4 girls with virtually no parents, namely Lyca, Danna, Lovely, and Clarisse. Thankfully, the four of them turned out to be good people- Wise, prayerful and righteous. No one can blame them for their shortcomings because they have achieved more than what is expected from children from broken families. My Issues Clarisse now has a child and Ate Lyca...

..., because I could.) Sunday I got up an hour early to finish my sermon.  \o/  (Okay, I went to bed a little before 1am and got up a little before 6:30am, so I was totally not prayerful during prayertime at morning church and slept through the sermon, but...) My mom's half-sister dragged her onto being on facebook, so she friended me and so I accepted and friended my dad (and my aunt Marian).  ...