Updating on my life.
It has been a strange few weeks, so I haven't written much.
I'm really sick, first of all. I started coughing last Tuesday or so and have continued to do so with greater and greater enthusiasm for the last few weeks. Now I'm draining. (Pleasant, huh?)
Work is good.
As I think I've mentioned, I'm a frequent poster on the UU section of beliefnet.com. We end up fighting about politics there a lot of the time and that bugs me. I wonder sometimes if perhaps having an argument about politics is easier than a real discussion about faith. Actually, I'm pretty sure that is true.
I posted there yesterday about how I am a victim of "Liberal Outrage Fatigue" in that I have seen so much to be angry about that I am really loosing my spirit.
But, in truth, I've been losing my spirit for any sort of organization for some time. This is sad because I do consider myself an institutionalist, and am more so than a lot of people in my life. I really do believe that supporting an institution that does good things is about the most effective thing a person can do to make the world a better place. However, all the institutions in my life are pissing me off right now.
Politics especially tires me. A friend of mine went to hear a high-ranking Republican speak the other day and reported back that he'd said that politics was all about compromise, but sometimes the only thing the Republican party could agree on was that they disagreed with the Democrats. To say I find this an unproductive attitude is to put it mildly.
I'm really sick, first of all. I started coughing last Tuesday or so and have continued to do so with greater and greater enthusiasm for the last few weeks. Now I'm draining. (Pleasant, huh?)
Work is good.
As I think I've mentioned, I'm a frequent poster on the UU section of beliefnet.com. We end up fighting about politics there a lot of the time and that bugs me. I wonder sometimes if perhaps having an argument about politics is easier than a real discussion about faith. Actually, I'm pretty sure that is true.
I posted there yesterday about how I am a victim of "Liberal Outrage Fatigue" in that I have seen so much to be angry about that I am really loosing my spirit.
But, in truth, I've been losing my spirit for any sort of organization for some time. This is sad because I do consider myself an institutionalist, and am more so than a lot of people in my life. I really do believe that supporting an institution that does good things is about the most effective thing a person can do to make the world a better place. However, all the institutions in my life are pissing me off right now.
Politics especially tires me. A friend of mine went to hear a high-ranking Republican speak the other day and reported back that he'd said that politics was all about compromise, but sometimes the only thing the Republican party could agree on was that they disagreed with the Democrats. To say I find this an unproductive attitude is to put it mildly.