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the fall fun fest

This afternoon was the fall fun fest down at the church. It’s an annual fund raiser with a variety of activities including a homemade hot salsa taste test competition. Two weeks ago, Liz and I went to mass together and… Continue Reading →

the thing we call a wavecrest exists only in our minds

I think people who believe in a life after death and those who don’t are both wrong. Or both right, depending on how you look at it. Reality is beyond pairs of opposites. Its not a static thing, its constantly… Continue Reading →

they say nature abhors a vacuum

they say nature abhors a vacuum. nature has no problem at all with a vacuum. most of the universe appears to be vacuum. it is we who abhor a vacuum. we can’t stand a blank space. where there is nothing,… Continue Reading →

I commit my words to the deep

I commit my words to the deep, and if by some chance they may someday be recovered and bring something — anything at all — with them to you, then let them also bring a blessing, and a caution: as… Continue Reading →

we inhabit an infinite number of different worlds

you know, everybody thinks there’s just one world. there’s this world we all live in. but they’re wrong. there’s an infinite number of different worlds we inhabit. there’s the world you live in and the world I live in, and… Continue Reading →

religious faith is so flexible

religious faith is so flexible. in the face of obviously contradictory evidence, we have devised increasingly elaborate schemes to explain the apparent discongruity between what we believe and what we observe. a careful reading of new testament scripture, even just… Continue Reading →

Red Rock State Park, Gallup, New Mexico

I woke early, and in a way, feel like I’m stealing some private time as I quietly slip out trying not to wake anyone. I have this journal in my hand, my blue jeans on because its a little chilly… Continue Reading →

In the smothering blackness of night

In the smothering blackness of night, I look into my heart and see the abyss. I hear the anguished, hopeless cries of millions of lost souls, agonized by their sins, irretrievable now, and calling out admonishments, vainly pleading to us… Continue Reading →

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