Category Archives: No Way Way

In the spirit of Coyote and Raven, with their “no way” ways, and of “the Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao,” and of “there are as many ways as there are people to follow them:” this is where I put my posts about god(s), religion, spiritual belief — the stories that give meaning and purpose to our lives. And also, the difference between real religion and the religious ideologies which separate us from one another & from god(s).

Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You

Posted on Mon, 24 October 2011 by Mel Green

Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You by Melissa S. Green | crossposted at Bent Alaska does anyone beat your heart for you — oh yes I know there are some who will quicken it or slow it at their … Continue reading →

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An indictment of the Christian heresy followed by Palin & friends

Posted on Mon, 6 June 2011 by Mel Green

Andrew Sullivan has it right. With a few extra words from Paul Tillich, and applied to the Christian dominionist nationalism practiced & preached by the radical right. Continue reading →

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My neighbor is a Time Lord

Posted on Fri, 20 May 2011 by Mel Green

Can the Doctor save us from the Rapture Van? Can Buffy avert the post-Rapture Apocalypse? Is there really a Hellmouth at Baxter & Northern Lights, and a TARDIS at my apartment complex? Continue reading →

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I won’t abandon my integrity, even if you abandon me

Posted on Wed, 18 May 2011 by Mel Green

I feel like talking about the Book of Job again, because (1) I’ll be giving a talk that starts out with my Job poem “Sermon” next month & (2) I’m reading a lot of old emails about a particularly Job-relevant period of my life. Continue reading →

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On celebrating the death of bin Laden

Posted on Wed, 4 May 2011 by Mel Green

Is it okay or moral to be glad about that a man was killed — even one who has committed as much evil as Osama bin Laden? Here’s my take. Continue reading →

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Good, evil, & great waves of god

Posted on Thu, 17 March 2011 by Mel Green

Hokusai & the Japanese earthquake and tsunami — Job & the Voice from the Whirlwind — what’s all that got do do with good & evil & the justice of god? All that, & a tattoo. Continue reading →

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Illimitable god, & related thoughts about why I’m not a Christian

Posted on Mon, 7 March 2011 by Mel Green

I have a B.A. in Religion. That was one result of looking for “the answer.” I eventually found my answer. And sometimes, as now, I have to talk with people very dear to me, whose answer is different. Continue reading →

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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Book review

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2010 by ptery

An extensive review by Ptery of Robert Whitaker’s book Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, with a personal history. Continue reading →

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Metsän henki

Posted on Fri, 30 April 2010 by Mel Green

“She stands outside & in me, / a flicker beckoning / at the inmost limit of vision / where the blind spot is insufficiency / of self-knowing.” A poem in celebration of National Poetry Month. Continue reading →

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Integrity, violation, healing

Posted on Wed, 21 April 2010 by Rachel Meikäläinen

This excerpt from Rachel Meikäläinen’s Whole Numbers delves into the meaning of the word integrity. Continue reading →

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