A few words
In times of such loss, need and terror it is up to those who have been placed in positions of influence to reinstate what is truly important.
The Pope, however, still feels that people's private consenting affections are more important than loving and protecting one another. I've always been rather straightforward on my thoughts on the Catholic church and its dogma's. Isabelle's conversion to Catholicism, I must admit, was a difficult one for me to accept immediately. But I have been to her church now and have met the man who preaches god's words to them. He is a good man and he talks of the love that a creator has for us and not the restrictions men believe he imparts. I accept my daughter's faith even though it is not my own.
I do not, however, accept the words of a man who believes that his time here on this earth is to be spent making others miserable. It's ghastly, this behaviour. And all we have to fight it with is our words, our strength, and our love. Our hearts must be stronger than those who fight against us.
I have been in love three times in my life, and I have had many sexual relationships with people that didn't have anything to do with true love. Most of these have all been with women. Does this make me a bad person? Does this make me less worthy in the eyes of a creator if there is one? No, for I believe that if were were made by a perfect god then such a perfect god would not make a mistake. My attraction to other women is not a sin, nor are the times I've been involved, briefly, with people I wasn't in love or dedicated to.
I'm not saying I haven't committed anything I would consider a sin. I had an affair with a married man in my youth and that, I believe, was one of the worst sins I could have committed. That was an action that hurt people. (But even that I wouldn't take back, because from that experience I gained my beautiful daughter.)
Tomorrow night, Christmas Eve, I will be gathering with a few other local musicians to play at Samsara. You can read more details of that at Elisa Worth's website as she will be there as well. Do join us and bring a gold coin donation (or more if you can spare it.) The money will be going to Samsara's Free Christmas fund. (Every year they use their own money and donations to help those who can't afford it eat for Christmas, a worthy cause especially in these dark days.)
The Pope, however, still feels that people's private consenting affections are more important than loving and protecting one another. I've always been rather straightforward on my thoughts on the Catholic church and its dogma's. Isabelle's conversion to Catholicism, I must admit, was a difficult one for me to accept immediately. But I have been to her church now and have met the man who preaches god's words to them. He is a good man and he talks of the love that a creator has for us and not the restrictions men believe he imparts. I accept my daughter's faith even though it is not my own.
I do not, however, accept the words of a man who believes that his time here on this earth is to be spent making others miserable. It's ghastly, this behaviour. And all we have to fight it with is our words, our strength, and our love. Our hearts must be stronger than those who fight against us.
I have been in love three times in my life, and I have had many sexual relationships with people that didn't have anything to do with true love. Most of these have all been with women. Does this make me a bad person? Does this make me less worthy in the eyes of a creator if there is one? No, for I believe that if were were made by a perfect god then such a perfect god would not make a mistake. My attraction to other women is not a sin, nor are the times I've been involved, briefly, with people I wasn't in love or dedicated to.
I'm not saying I haven't committed anything I would consider a sin. I had an affair with a married man in my youth and that, I believe, was one of the worst sins I could have committed. That was an action that hurt people. (But even that I wouldn't take back, because from that experience I gained my beautiful daughter.)
Tomorrow night, Christmas Eve, I will be gathering with a few other local musicians to play at Samsara. You can read more details of that at Elisa Worth's website as she will be there as well. Do join us and bring a gold coin donation (or more if you can spare it.) The money will be going to Samsara's Free Christmas fund. (Every year they use their own money and donations to help those who can't afford it eat for Christmas, a worthy cause especially in these dark days.)