It's Bright OUTside.

It's cold out, but I'm feeling cheery because the sun is sooo bright, it looks--here at the end of November-- almost like summer.... So what's new in YOUR world? Since Facebook, lo these past two-and-a-half years, I've read less of each of my favorite blogs, and am only now, getting "caught up". What world-events have made you dizzy? Please comment here, and tell me! What personal changes or transitions are you embracing, or just tolerating, or...resisting? Please comment here, and tell me! For me, the re-election of President Barack Obama, whom I am proud to say, I helped elect and Re-elect, was paramount. I was incredibly preoccupied with politics for the past two years, and recently discovered through a new application called "Social Me" (which I discovered in a Facebook post on Freddie Ashley's Facebook Wall) that "government", along with Christianity, and theatre (mislabeled on "Social Me" as "movies") was one of my most-often-discussed topics. I'm guilty of believing politics can literally change the world, but if I'm truly honest, I'll admit that inner change--that inner "spirituality", if you will---is the only model by which change may happen. WE change, and the paradigms we use to EFFECT change, well, it....changes... Can a President change our values? No...but he CAN change our priorities, and I'm so tickled that President Obama worked to embrace LGBTQ, and has spoken out in favor of Marriage-Equality. Kids, I believe a person's own marriage, is one's own responsibility. The happy gay or lesbian couple down the street, do NOT affect YOUR marriage....But by being given "a vote" on whether their marriage "counts", or is "legal", YOU affect THEIR happiness....and like it says "...Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness..." is a guaranteed right, here in the USA.... Here's to sunshine, warmth in winter, and wishes for anyone who wants to, to feel great about "coming out" as LGBTQ. Marriage Equality, kids. Peace, kids.

HAPPY EASTER/HAPPY SPRING!!!

HAPPY EASTER/HAPPY SPRING!!!
If you call yourself a Christian, then today is one of the most important days of your life--the commemoration/celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Even before I embraced faith, even back when I lived and breathed only Atheist "doctrine"(if I could not SEE something in front of me, it did not exist), Spring still felt "special". I now know that what I responded to back then, was the sense of "renewal" one feels, every Spring.
With meditation and prayer, I made the link only a few years ago, to a belief in God, and in Christ.
I am one of those liberal Christians who believes in the tenants of "social Gospel"--that means we endeavor to address the needs of the marginalized--just as Christ did. Feeding the hungry, clothing and housing the poor, and providing education and medical and other assistance for the troubled. I also believe that those who call themselves "Christian" who attempt to exclude those of us who are LGBTQ, are deeply misguided(Blacks were once excluded from many early Christian groups). God exists for all of us. Period.
I will never tell you that my way is the only way to enlightenment, or fulfillment. But I can tell you, without reservation, that with God I am a larger, more fulfilled person, than I was for so many years before finding my way to faith.
I pray that all my readers will come to a sense of serving a larger purpose, however you may find it.
God Bless You All, and HAPPY EASTER!!
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Please note: I'll be out-of-town for nearly 8 days, and will resume blogging and responding to e-mails, next Tuesday, April 21st.