Comments on: Spiritual autobiography, part 1 http://buildingmywings.com/2009/09/19/spiritual-autobiography-part-1/ "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." - Ray Bradbury Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fawn http://buildingmywings.com/2009/09/19/spiritual-autobiography-part-1/#comment-20 Fawn Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:07:14 +0000 http://buildingmywings.com/?p=111#comment-20 Thanks, Katie! What (if anything) are you doing to build that sense of observance/community without feeling like you're paying lip service to something you don't actually buy into? I find myself looking for excuses to have what for lack of a better word I'll call "secular holidays." Like Thanksgiving with friends, or taking my birthday off and spending the day pampering myself. Thanks, Katie!

What (if anything) are you doing to build that sense of observance/community without feeling like you’re paying lip service to something you don’t actually buy into? I find myself looking for excuses to have what for lack of a better word I’ll call “secular holidays.” Like Thanksgiving with friends, or taking my birthday off and spending the day pampering myself.

]]> By: Katie http://buildingmywings.com/2009/09/19/spiritual-autobiography-part-1/#comment-18 Katie Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:18:22 +0000 http://buildingmywings.com/?p=111#comment-18 Fawn, I love this, and it certainly resonates with my own meanderings around religion (in my case, rejecting the faith of my childhood but still wishing for some organized way of observing... what exactly??) I appreciated this perspective: > finding the garden beautiful without needing to believe in fairies at the bottom of it. Thanks and keep writing! Fawn, I love this, and it certainly resonates with my own meanderings around religion (in my case, rejecting the faith of my childhood but still wishing for some organized way of observing… what exactly??) I appreciated this perspective: > finding the garden beautiful without needing to believe in fairies at the bottom of it.

Thanks and keep writing!

]]> By: Fawn http://buildingmywings.com/2009/09/19/spiritual-autobiography-part-1/#comment-14 Fawn Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:21:53 +0000 http://buildingmywings.com/?p=111#comment-14 Oh, I'm not explaining any more! I've made it clear at this point that it's not up for discussion. Do they even have IHOP in Vegas? Oh, I’m not explaining any more! I’ve made it clear at this point that it’s not up for discussion.

Do they even have IHOP in Vegas?

]]> By: Jon http://buildingmywings.com/2009/09/19/spiritual-autobiography-part-1/#comment-13 Jon Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:05:37 +0000 http://buildingmywings.com/?p=111#comment-13 What? No poker? Why would anyone ever want to read a non-poker blog? ;-) Anyway, it's good to see you're still having the same familial debates as me. It's more than a little sad when, at our advanced age, you're still explaining why the whole organized religion thing just isn't in your make up. So, with that said, happy new year and remember, IHOP will feed the jews on Christmas day. What? No poker? Why would anyone ever want to read a non-poker blog? ;-)

Anyway, it’s good to see you’re still having the same familial debates as me. It’s more than a little sad when, at our advanced age, you’re still explaining why the whole organized religion thing just isn’t in your make up.

So, with that said, happy new year and remember, IHOP will feed the jews on Christmas day.

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