Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Jesus

  • On Mara

    Last night at my Sangha we had a guest speaker talk about the story of Budda. I have heard the story many times and seem to get something new from each listen or reading (this video is excellent if you are interested in learning about his story, btw).  This time, the part of the story that…

  • Walking on thin ice

    Now this is interesting: Nof used records of the Mediterranean Sea’s surface temperatures and statistical models to examine the dynamics of the Sea of Galilee, which Israelis know now as Lake Kinneret. The study found that a period of cooler temperatures in the area between 1,500 and 2,600 years ago could have included the decades…

  • Bob Jones Sees Bush Win As ‘Reprieve’

    Yahoo! News – Bob Jones Sees Bush Win As ‘Reprieve’ “In your re-election, God has graciously granted America – though she doesn’t deserve it – a reprieve from the agenda of paganism,” Jones wrote Bush in a congratulatory letter posted on the university’s Web site. “You have been given a mandate. … Put your agenda…

  • Fundamentalism, Our Founding Fathers, and Jesus

    Congress.Org — Jesus was a liberal Jesus was quite clear that what he found most upsetting was people using the letter of the law while ignoring the spirit of it. The spirit of the law, according to Jesus, was to love your neighbor. Trying to deny your fellow human beings, including your gay brothers and…

  • Holy Blood

    I am reading this book, “Holy Blood, Holy Grail“. The hypothesis of which is that Jesus survived the crucifixtion, and married Mary Magdalene. I began to be intrigued by this idea by reading the popular mystery, “the DaVinci Code“. I have to say, as much as I didn’t really like the DaVinci Code, I am…