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getting creative around sex, money and power

Posted on February 9, 2023February 12, 2023 by emma

Issues that all small groups will have to deal with, no matter the noble purpose for which they ostensibly came together:    Some people will develop intimate personal relationships with

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lust for wisdom

Posted on August 21, 2022February 9, 2023 by emma

Why are spiritual traditions such a mess when it comes to sex? Because all major world religions developed in the 5,000 years or so of peak patriarchy? Because institutions are

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love vs compassion

Posted on January 25, 2022June 20, 2022 by emma

A Buddhist practitioner friend asked me a few months back what I thought the difference was between compassion as it is taught in Buddhism and love in Christianity. “There’s not

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2021 giving review

Posted on December 30, 2021December 31, 2021 by emma

I consider it part of my spiritual practice to give away 10% of my income every year. This is a standard tithing amount, though I don’t give it all to

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mistakes were made

Posted on December 30, 2021January 26, 2022 by emma

Things that spiritual teachers have told me were true or insinuated were true that I believed at some time but now feel fairly confident are false (besides some of the

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questions and opinions that brought me to church

Posted on December 30, 2021December 31, 2021 by emma

I’m not someone who believes in theories of everything. I don’t think there is one ultimate truth or master narrative that explains all of reality or how we should respond

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current practice

Posted on December 29, 2021January 25, 2022 by emma

Why I practice Christianity Love is a more compelling ideal to me than awareness.  Having a deeper experience of love and being better at loving myself and others was my

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