Rev Dr Sparky on Real/igion

Tag: Humor

  • 40 Things I Love

    Mostly not things at all. Thanks to Cyndi Rooney for inviting me to compile a list of 40 things I love. Though it was harder than I thought it would be, it stirred a surprising and welcome rush of gratitude, affection, and hope for the world. I’d love to see the 40 Beloved Things of Jack…

  • “Here, Now — What’s the Meaning of All This?”

    We really must strenuously object… My equally judgy alter ego. From Creative Commons on Flickr In the tumult of these times, I confess I sometimes retreat into daydreams, scenarios where I cast myself in the role of imaginary characters better able to cope. Lately, as I look at a world that defies logic and good sense,…

  • The future of cussing

    A PG rant about R-rated language Like all of us in this writerly space, I love words — words flowing through books or blogs, words bounced around a dinner table, words launched from a stage like tractor beams to reel the audience into a new world. And I admit that throughout my adult life, I’ve particularly enjoyed using…

  • I’m done adulting. I’m olding instead.

    Three secret steps to be as old as you want to be. I’ve watched with compassion as millennials and others struggle to learn “adulting” skills, and I dimly recall when I, too, was learning those skills. The struggle has faded in memory, along with the absurd dissipation, unfortunate liaisons, wild travels, and extravagant decisions of the…

  • Time to clean out your word closet

    Photo by Gary Chan on Unsplash At the turn of each calendar year, I love to purge files, sort housewares, clean out closets and send my usable discards to the thrift store (while hoping I don’t buy them back later). As I do so, I’m also thinking it’s a good time to inventory some words and…

  • Which obscure sin tops the charts right now?

    If you are like many progressive believers or the spiritual-but-not-religious type, you may not spend much time thinking about (cough, cough) sin. Oh, you’ve heard about those classic Seven Deadly Sins, if not in Sunday School then in that 1995 movie Se7en. That film made about $100 million by rendering the sins cartoonishly horrific. (I…

  • How to get more out of your health care

    Help your doctor be a better doctor We all know that the health care industry in the U.S. is sick as a pup, but no one can agree on the reasons, and no one agrees on the cures. At the national level, it’s a complex crisis. At the personal level, health care providers’ compassion is being…