Rev Dr Sparky on Real/igion

Tag: Philosophy

  • Is This Life Broken or What?

    Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash I couldn’t tell from the manual I’m getting real tired of trying to get Life to work right, and I’ll bet you are too. So I complained to the Management. Everybody assumes this Life thing is the best thing ever. It’s a powerhouse product; a gamechanger. It provides us with sunshine…

  • I’m Nobody! Who are you?

    sparkPhoto by JR Korpa on Unsplash Are you — Nobody — too? My dear colleagues, fellow writers and readers and spiritual seekers and satirists, the Rev Dr Sparky is having an identity crisis. When a reader recently asked me straight up who I was, it took me aback, though not unpleasantly. I deflected his inquiry with the first lines of…

  • Welcome to Your Personal Infinity

    Photo by Patrick McManaman on Unsplash Please don’t muck it up Contrary to what your mother may have told you, you are the center of the universe. And I can prove it. It will only take a moment of your time. Our origin as earthlings People used to believe that the flat planet Earth was, vaguely, the…

  • What’s the Big Idea?

    Photo by Tyler Lastovich on Unsplash No, seriously — what makes you who you are? Think of the last time you had to deal with someone whose worldview was clearly totally, 180 degrees, no-common-ground, different from your own. Each thinks the other is morally repugnant. Each shakes their head and asks, “Who even are you?” With luck, that person…

  • The Rise and Fall of Gloryland

    A future history in fable Long ago and far away, a beautiful country called Gloryland was founded upon a green and plentiful continent by pale people with a vision of equality and freedom. To prepare the land for this vision, they carefully removed all the dark people who lived there, and then brought in other dark…

  • No jury, no justice

    A true cautionary tale This is a true story about an experience I had months ago, and I still don’t know what to make of it. One morning, in a modest county courthouse, a roomful of adults allowed their personal feelings to prevent them from helping a child find justice. Here’s what happened. Photo by…