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Step away from the rough stuff for a minute and smile with me

You know the feeling. There you are, waist deep in the troubles of the world, the stress of your life, and you just need to change the channel! Even for a minute! It has been a long week. The news has not all been good. I was haunted by images of ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ben E. King,  Helena Christensen,  Michael Franti

Is it a joke, or is it hatred disguised in Biblical language?

Over the past few days, a Biblical verse has reportedly topped the google trends charts. It is also turning up in bumper stickers and tee shirts across the country. It reads: But what do you see when you look up that Psalm? “May his days be few; may ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Taliban,  Rachel Maddow,  Francis Schaeffer,  Al-Qaeda

Saying Grace on Thanksgiving

The often-dreaded moment arrives. It is Thanksgiving and the family has assembled. Just before the eating begins there is a silence. Grace. Do you say it? Do you not say it? It is Thanksgiving after all, time to give thanks. But who says it, and what ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  13 Nov 2009

The echo of Kristallnacht - from 71 years ago to today

I didn't want to write about the Holocaust again. It hurts too much. Surely with so many other things happening in the world, I could just let mention of the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht pass by unspoken, couldn't I? Just once? Then I read this, ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  11 Nov 2009

One man, one woman. Three legs. Three arms. Big spirit.

Ma Li has only one arm. Zhai Xiaowei has one leg. And below is a video of them dancing. They dance into the holes in people's lives. In the wordlessness of their dance, libraries of the soul open and volumes of unutterable wisdom fly off the shelves. A ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  7 Nov 2009

The care and feeding of the Ordinary Miracle

I was thinking about miracles today -- not the big mamma-jamma miracles of the world, but the little ones. I spent some time appreciating the sweet surprises of meaning, the shock of good news, the offer of help when none is expected, the sympathy or ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Walt Whitman

The Day of the Dead - a time for celebrations, home altars, sugar skulls

The Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos ) is a celebration of the deceased which occurs on November 1 and November 2, mostly n Mexico and among Mexican Americans, coinciding with the Roman Catholic celebrations of All Hallows Eve, All Saints' Day ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  30 Oct 2009

The Wiccans are coming! The Wiccans are coming! Wait. What is a Wiccan?

It's that time of the year. In a few days, children will be looking up at the night sky, expecting the dark silhouette of a witch on a broomstick to cross the face of the moon. What better time to talk about (and do some myth-busting about) Wicca? Most ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Aleister Crowley

Pope Benedict XVI says OK to married priests

There is one hitch. You have to be a disgruntled Anglican who has left the Episcopal church because you object to either women and/or gay/lesbian people in the priesthood. Then, it is OK if you are already married. Let me explain. For years, the ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Pope Benedict XVI,  New York Times Company

She is green, compassionate, and a goddess.

Tara is the Goddess of Compassion in Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism. Tara was quite a surprise to me. I had not expected to find a such a feminist among the early goddesses. Tara appeared in Buddhist writings after she had also been a part of Hinduism, ...

From MATA H, BlogHer,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nirvana (musician),  Dalai Lama,  CA Inc.

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