liralen: Finch Painting (sheep egg)
Jet came off the bus dancing and making noises like a duck into his fist. Just because it was fun.

I can breathe. That's good.

Blueberry muffins. I finally made some and they are Good.

I did get the raspberries transplanted. I have more tomato seedlings. The OUR center garden is doing just fine without me. There will be twenty ladies planting plants on the last weekend of May because of me. And, even with lung stuffs I can write. That is good, too.

So. Since I said I'd write a bit about the class. I shall do so now.

ExpandCut 'cause not everyone cares about the historical context of the Roman Empire and Jesus' death and why the Doctrine of Atonement can be considered, by some, as bad theology. )
liralen: Finch Painting (sheep egg)
Jet came off the bus dancing and making noises like a duck into his fist. Just because it was fun.

I can breathe. That's good.

Blueberry muffins. I finally made some and they are Good.

I did get the raspberries transplanted. I have more tomato seedlings. The OUR center garden is doing just fine without me. There will be twenty ladies planting plants on the last weekend of May because of me. And, even with lung stuffs I can write. That is good, too.

So. Since I said I'd write a bit about the class. I shall do so now.

ExpandCut 'cause not everyone cares about the historical context of the Roman Empire and Jesus' death and why the Doctrine of Atonement can be considered, by some, as bad theology. )

Trouble

Apr. 28th, 2008 11:04 am
liralen: Finch Painting (urahara)
Life's been odd lately.  Deaths, mourning, relationship problems among those around us, and the leaving of our interim pastor.  "Everything changes, nothing changes back." 

Public thanks to [personal profile] incandescens , [profile] stark_black , [profile] bellumina  and [profile] shadowgirl1605  for helping me out when I wasn't nearly at my best.  *laughter*  I've been moody, cranky, unable to sleep.  The medication side effects I've alleviated by taking it earlier in the evening.  I get the full 12 hours on either side, and I can always do it when Jet goes to sleep, so by the time I go to sleep I can now sleep.  So that's to the good, and I'm breathing and thankful for all the breaths I'm now aware of.  I'm picking up tai chi again just to enjoy the depth of breath, and it's helping me with the other things, again.  Probably a bit like yoga for others.

There's two quotes for this week.  "Disciples know themselves as distinctive, peculiar people bearing the inner mark of character and the outer mark of compassion." -- from my Disciples Biblical study workbook.  And "Compassion is the secret name of God." -- from The Saving Jesus workshop.

Trouble

Apr. 28th, 2008 11:04 am
liralen: Finch Painting (urahara)
Life's been odd lately.  Deaths, mourning, relationship problems among those around us, and the leaving of our interim pastor.  "Everything changes, nothing changes back." 

Public thanks to [personal profile] incandescens , [profile] stark_black , [profile] bellumina  and [profile] shadowgirl1605  for helping me out when I wasn't nearly at my best.  *laughter*  I've been moody, cranky, unable to sleep.  The medication side effects I've alleviated by taking it earlier in the evening.  I get the full 12 hours on either side, and I can always do it when Jet goes to sleep, so by the time I go to sleep I can now sleep.  So that's to the good, and I'm breathing and thankful for all the breaths I'm now aware of.  I'm picking up tai chi again just to enjoy the depth of breath, and it's helping me with the other things, again.  Probably a bit like yoga for others.

There's two quotes for this week.  "Disciples know themselves as distinctive, peculiar people bearing the inner mark of character and the outer mark of compassion." -- from my Disciples Biblical study workbook.  And "Compassion is the secret name of God." -- from The Saving Jesus workshop.

Romans

Mar. 25th, 2008 11:20 pm
liralen: Finch Painting (tiger_bunny)
Sorry, this is probably going to cause mental whiplash in some folks who are starting to read this journal, but I suspect the ones that have stuck with me so far will deal or skip as they know me too well.

We did the book of Romans, Paul's letter to the Romans, in the Disciples Bible study class on Monday night. Now, being bisexual and a long-time defender of sexual orientation not being a qualifier for the loaded terms of "redemption", "salvation", or whatever the terms one might use, I've always narrowly focused on Romans as "the book where homosexuality is made the root of all evil."

It turns out that it's actually only one chapter in a book with sixteen chapters, and the very next one says that one shouldn't judged those people that do those things at a risk of being condemned yourself. But even that misses badly, and is at the very level that the folks I fought kept the poor book at all the time. There's a lot more when one looks one or even two conceptual levels up, and I ended up actually *loving* several portions of the book.

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Romans

Mar. 25th, 2008 11:20 pm
liralen: Finch Painting (tiger_bunny)
Sorry, this is probably going to cause mental whiplash in some folks who are starting to read this journal, but I suspect the ones that have stuck with me so far will deal or skip as they know me too well.

We did the book of Romans, Paul's letter to the Romans, in the Disciples Bible study class on Monday night. Now, being bisexual and a long-time defender of sexual orientation not being a qualifier for the loaded terms of "redemption", "salvation", or whatever the terms one might use, I've always narrowly focused on Romans as "the book where homosexuality is made the root of all evil."

It turns out that it's actually only one chapter in a book with sixteen chapters, and the very next one says that one shouldn't judged those people that do those things at a risk of being condemned yourself. But even that misses badly, and is at the very level that the folks I fought kept the poor book at all the time. There's a lot more when one looks one or even two conceptual levels up, and I ended up actually *loving* several portions of the book.

ExpandRead more... )
liralen: Finch Painting (seven)
I was really, really tired last night, and it felt so good to just sit and watch Cardcaptor Sakura with Jet at home. But, at 6:30, we stopped watching and I took him over to the neighbor's house and I dragged myself to the church for my Bible class.

I did it because it was the book of Job.

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liralen: Finch Painting (seven)
I was really, really tired last night, and it felt so good to just sit and watch Cardcaptor Sakura with Jet at home. But, at 6:30, we stopped watching and I took him over to the neighbor's house and I dragged myself to the church for my Bible class.

I did it because it was the book of Job.

ExpandRead more... )

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