I still have no real idea where this thing is going. But let’s start off the new look by quoting a passage out of Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology newsletter:
“‘Heterosexual,’ ‘bisexual,’ ‘lesbian,’ and ‘gender queer’ are not terms I use to describe myself. They’re too limiting, like every other name and role I’ve had the [...]

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From The Repository, Canton, OH:
Recent religious-based protests against congressional budget cuts show that liberal and moderate church activists are starting to make themselves heard in a political climate long dominated by conservative Christians, religious [...]

The link to the story is in the title. But I liked this quote from the Jesuit in charge of astronomy at the Vatican:
“God in his infinite freedom continuously creates a world that reflects that freedom at all levels of the evolutionary process to greater and greater complexity,” he wrote. “He is not continually intervening, [...]

All legitimate self improvement programs share one thing in common: All must provide the student at least some level of understanding of, and control over, their own ego. In fact, it’s virtually impossible to achieve any degree of self realization (improvement in self understanding) without it.
But the ego can be a subtle and slippery customer. [...]

The headline read: Suicide bomber kills 10 at Sufi Muslim gathering.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of Sufi Muslims north of Baghdad, killing 10 people in the latest attack by Iraqi insurgents on religious sects they disapprove of, officials said on Friday.
The bomber detonated his explosives on Thursday evening [...]