This one feels unfinished, but I think it's unfair to hold things in until they're perfect. My standard of perfection I've had for my work has prevented me from sharing things for 23 years. When gun violence hits close to home and you type into your phone on your train ride back to your apartment [...]
Category: Headlines
guns.
My husband says that even though I know people are never going to do the right thing, I still expect people to do the right thing. I hold high standards. Sometimes those standards aren't really fair because I form the ideas of what I want people to be based on what will make ME happy [...]
the hard things
If you go back through my archives, you may have noticed I stopped writing for a while. I mean quite the hiatus. And my writing changed. I used to write about... serious things, I guess. Now you're seeing recipes. You're gonna keep seeing recipes and lots, I hope, but still. There's a lot going on [...]
One click to righteousness.
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your [...]
Rethinking Justice: The Value of a Life
5/19/15 Update: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon bomber has been sentenced to death. The discussion is relevant once again. The United States' use of the death penalty has come up in various circles for me this week. First, I was invited to sign a petition asking the state of Georgia to stop the execution of Kelly [...]
Russell Brand responds to Chapel Hill & Copenhagen murders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgIxmRnLGRg This one is close to home for me (literally). It pains me to see entire faiths condemned for one extremist group. I don't like when people lump all of Christianity into one category. Is Islam really so different that they should become lesser? We may not agree on all things or believe the same [...]
Eye for an eye.
A lot of you may disagree with what I'm about to say. But maybe not. This week, in my community, three students- a husband, a wife, and a sister- were murdered. These students were Muslim and each was shot in the head by what the social media community is calling a "militant atheist." He was [...]
