NOTE: This post is submitted to *Jesus Manifesto, a revolutionary evangelical Christian website. They are hosting a contest called, Stepping into a Violent Wind , a Pentecost Writing Contest. *Christarchy! is a growing network of small groups for people...(read more) Read Full Story
This post is in response to Steve Pavlina's post: "How to be a Man". He put out the challenge for someone to balance his strong post by writing about how to be a woman. In the interest of not living in the shadow of being either an untouchable goddess,...(read more) Read Full Story
Checking my NetVibes this morning, I came across a YouTube video on Conversation at the Edge , which found it at Skepchick, which found it at Feministing , and well, I guess they found it in some old advertising archive for Goodyear! At any rate, it makes...(read more) Read Full Story
Here's an opportunity for some deep psycho/spiritual work--available to anyone, but most accessible to the Central Oregon community. Jonathan Goldman began his career as a practitioner of acupuncture in 1976. He went to Brazil in 1987, where he encountered...(read more) Read Full Story
This is a guest post from Susan Dearborn Jackson. She will be a regular blogger on the Virtual Tea House. Stay tuned for more adventures with Susan... In the meantime, here's a little bio: Susan has been an astrologer for almost thirty years and has a...(read more) Read Full Story
This postcard was copied from StarLightWalker's post: Obstacles. While StarLightWalker received permission from Steve Sorensen, the artist of the beautiful website Nana Gaia to use this photograph, I did not ask. I trust it is acceptable to use for this purpose.I had all good intentions of writing a passable post on resistance on the Virtual Tea House for this carnival, but I didn't do it. I'm trying not to complain these days, but I've been really busy. Who isn't? No excuses...but... Read Full Story
So on a post last week, "The Dog's in Heaven and the Cat's in Jail", --which many of you liked--thanks for letting me know--in a follow up comment, I came to Geronimo's (aka Damn Dog's) defense. I wrote about 4 things that he has been teaching us about living and loving. Here's one I forgot, and since it's an important one, thought I'd write a whole post about it.Lesson #5 about why G-dog is such a good teacher: he almost exclusively eats meat, preferably raw. This 'quirk', if I look at... Read Full Story
Linked from http://virtualteahouse.com/blogs/beth/archive/2008/04/28/10-top-reasons-why-men-should-not-be-ordained-for-ministry.aspx
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From a site called "Serving Bread" comes this great tongue in cheek (you think?) article on 10 reasons why men should NOT be ordained. And.........here you go! From the extended syllabus of Systematic Theology 3:10. A man’s place is in the army. 9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent. 8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It... Read Full Story
