tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post5124669284466628905..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: Don't be conformed to this age. Don't fall in step. March to a different drummer.beth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-72410528053415676202011-09-02T11:16:32.614-05:002011-09-02T11:16:32.614-05:00very true. Thanks, santi.very true. Thanks, santi.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-11002750601126112202011-09-01T10:04:03.461-05:002011-09-01T10:04:03.461-05:00"Inner peace is a transformative power in the..."Inner peace is a transformative power in the world." -- Buddha<br /><br />When we walk down the sidewalk with peace in our hearts, there is peace in America; there is peace in the world. <br /><br />Loving kindness is the way to peace.<br /><br />SantidhammoThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00656802397615618589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-42246697039115869832011-09-01T09:20:35.012-05:002011-09-01T09:20:35.012-05:00Burpenstein, teaching your kids "you're d...Burpenstein, teaching your kids "you're deep" is about the best Faith I know.<br /><br />Good bumpersticker. I'm going into the depths og PGH next week to rent an accordion.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-15705722546814981722011-09-01T09:18:22.302-05:002011-09-01T09:18:22.302-05:00Yep, Paul, I know what you mean about keeping onni...Yep, Paul, I know what you mean about keeping onning. Very strange world we have.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-71729603331859507082011-08-31T07:26:09.684-05:002011-08-31T07:26:09.684-05:00i look to the people in my life and wonder - "...i look to the people in my life and wonder - "what is god's will?" sometimes because they are so divergent<br /><br />this week pursued by spiritual director via e-mail and responded to her and father of church who is interested in feminist theology<br /><br />hesitation on my part<br /><br />peace - seems so obvious - so difficult - can't help but teach my kids my take - "you're deep"<br />\can't stop video games either - big blow ups and beat ups<br /><br />our bumpersticker :"i dance to a different accordion"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-82052270971143969862011-08-30T15:50:16.859-05:002011-08-30T15:50:16.859-05:00how much some of us should be grateful some of gr...how much some of us should be grateful some of grew up with 'god and country' as our mantra. still remember singing at my confirmation (962) 'for our faith; for our flag, Christ the King.' and i remember in march of 1965 my spanish teacher a peace button and being called 'communist', peacenik, and worse. later that same year gave me a copy of the CW never imagining 4 years later appearing before my draft board seeking a c.o. and now being denounced as 'being on drugs' because i put a u.s. flag as my site on alumni website. all this less than 30 miles from so-called 'liberal' berkeley and san francisco. well; we just got to keep on keep onning. paul quinlanpaul quinlannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-76316415092489095152011-08-29T14:11:02.409-05:002011-08-29T14:11:02.409-05:00I couldn't find a reference to the Johnson sto...I couldn't find a reference to the Johnson story either, Samuel - but 1965 was way before digitized text and the internet so I'm not really surprised that it exists only Tom's memory.<br /><br />In the rest of the homily (I've posted the link to the fully homily above in the update), Tom says that the suicides are up to one a day now.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-80853602846012231062011-08-29T13:27:46.150-05:002011-08-29T13:27:46.150-05:00Two kicks in the head.
Never heard the Ivan Johns...Two kicks in the head.<br /><br />Never heard the Ivan Johnson story before (and can't quickly find it on the internet anywhere else).<br /><br />Didn't know that more folks in the military were killing themselves than being killed these days.Samuel Phlotnoreply@blogger.com