This coming Tuesday, I have to give a presentation on Bernadette Brooten.

I am excited, and I can't wait to do the research.


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What I think is going on in my Luke passage is that this Pharisee invites Jesus over for a meal but then this group of uppity rich women, led by Mary Magdalene, barges into the party and performs this kind of Act Up moment where one of them lets down her hair, washes Jesus's feet, and then anoints them with nard. Everyone in the room would have ( Read more... )

I have taken a lot of criticism over these last few years about why it is that I want to "PREACH". Preaching is one thing that did not transfer over from Christianity to neo-Paganism.., mostly because most of us got really tired of "preachers" standing up in front of large groups of people telling them that women were inferior and that ( Read more... )

I've learned to really dig the Bible since I've been here (who would have ever thought I would say THAT?!?). The reason is, it's like this big, huge, puzzle mystery that no one is ever going to completely solve, but it can give one hours and hours of fun trying ( Read more... )

elfkat brought up a good point. A lot of what I know about Romans I know from people who they conquered. I have spent a good deal of time, for example, studying 1st century Jerusalem, the birth of Christianity and the Fall of the Second Temple. I see the Romans as the instigator of much of the tragedy that took place there (although, let me just say, not ( Read more... )

One of the interesting things in my Natal Chart that, when I learned about it, explained a lot, is my North & South Node.

In one's chart, your North Node is the Path to Your Highest Ideal. You South Node is your Path of Least Resistance. They are always opposite signs.

My North Node is Sagittarius. My South Node is Gemini.Therefore, my Path to my ( Read more... )

I have been reading about this Jewish philosopher named Maimonides. I guess he did a lot of stuff, and he's kind of a hero among modern progressive theologians and especially, humanists. Here is my favorite part:

Maimonides lists his famous Eight Levels of Giving (where the first level is most preferable, and the eighth the least):[44]

1. Giving an ( Read more... )