"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
-mylittleredgirl [ more info] While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with Jesus and the disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners ( Read more... )

"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
-mylittleredgirl [ more info]
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2, Handel's Messiah)

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I did not prep a post on how my mommy is awesome, but she totes is, and it is her birthday today.

On the way home from Christmas Eve service, my mom said something about going home and having cookies and wine ( Read more... )

She just emailed me:Subject: rainbow flag

do you have any random rainbow flags or other visual items that you don't want?
we just had a meeting with the LGBT people [at work] and I kinda want to put up a flag on my door :)
When we had dinner on Friday, she was talking about the parts of her job she most likes are the ones where she feels like she's ( Read more... )

I feel like I've been (to varying degrees) skirting the edge of burnout in recent weeks, but I feel good about what I accomplished today.

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Tuesday evening, my mom said she felt like the day was too good to believe, like she'd wake up the next morning feeling like she'd been run over.

I didn't visit on Wednesday because I had church, but she ( Read more... )

We've reached that point in the season when people say, "It's so cold out" (in a negative tone) and I say, "I think it's beautiful out ( Read more... )

Hospital visits ftw ( Read more... )

Every morning, I walk by the Tufts field by the Powder House rotary and there's a woman there with her dog. This morning she told me that she sees me every day in my purple hoodie (I still say it's a dark blue, but a guy on the T the other day also referred to it as purple) and she feels so cold just looking at me, and she thought, "What if she ( Read more... )

eponis posted about the statement from the 76th General Convention [of the Episcopal Church] on gay and lesbian membersSo, I still haven't watched the lectures on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, but I started attending World Religions class again tonight because we were beginning the Judaism/Christianity/Islam section of the course.  I actually ( Read more... )