Category Archives: Spirituality
The Appeal of Religions.
I am not an atheist. I like people to know that about me. I also like people to understand that I don’t attend church on a regular basis. Despite being baptized as an Episcopalian, I do not consider myself one. In fact I am not a follower of any religion or church on a regular basis. …
Intervention?
Scintilla’s Last Day Prompt: Talk about a time when you intervened. What prompted you? Did you regret it? Don’t worry. I do have an example of my intervening which I will share. But I felt the need to address a few things beforehand. To begin with, the very concept of my intervening is a tricky one. …
Charles Elwood Unglebower
Scintilla Day 7: Talk about a time when you saw your mother or father as a person independent of his or her identity as your parent. Most people in childhood see their parents as super human. But for me it was different and in a sense much worse. Because when I was a child, my father, Charles …
Faith and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Scintilla Project, Day 6: Talk about an experience with faith. Your own, or someone else’s. Mount Kilimanjaro. I will never climb it. It is a near certainty I will never even see it from a distance. The best it will ever be for me is pictures and movies of various quality. I meet people who have …
Reverb11: The Finale. Looking Back.
Take a moment to think back on your Reverb11 responses. Have you learned anything? What surprised you about this experience? Which of your responses was your favorite? So I now reach the end of Reverb11. What started off as a way to kill some time in the first few days this month as I was …
