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Month: August 2020

Feminism, Political, Torah

Trafficking Biblical Women

August 29, 2020
Trafficking Biblical Women

Sex trafficking. It’s in the news. A Q-Anon theory that sex trafficking is rampant. And only Trump can stop it. After all, “he” arrested Epstein and Maxwell. Anyone can argue that this is factually false. (See below.) But I’m not going to talk facts. Well, maybe briefly. But then I’m going to look at human…

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Interfaith, Psychology, Spirituality

Negative Thoughts, Be Gone!

August 9, 2020
Negative Thoughts, Be Gone!

Negative thoughts, be gone! I’m reading the handbook for combatting demons by Evagrius Ponticus, a 4th c. Christian monk. He clearly states that his demons are negative thoughts. And that he talks back to them–in Bible verses. Evagrius’s handbook is very personal. It’s a long list of his own habitual negative thoughts and the verses…

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Ecospirituality, Spirituality, Wisdom

Creative Meditation

August 5, 2020
Creative Meditation

A creative meditation. Designed to connect you with the creative resources in your own psyche. It’s based on a creative reading of the Bible’s donkey stories. The typical donkey scene in the Bible stars a human character who isn’t sure where they are going or what they will do when they arrive. But, they saddle…

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