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Lighten Up: Gratitude

Lighten Up: Gratitude

Here’s a 6 minute meditation on gratitude by Louie Schwartzberg. Take our word for it. It’s worth the time.

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Lighten Up: Open Theism T-Shirt

T-shirt on Zazzle designed by Jin_roh.

Beautiful Ruins

H. Raab via Compfight If you want to read something today that is beautiful and challenging and unsettling, read this. D. L. Mayfield moved a couple of years ago with her husband and daughter from Portland to a diverse immigrant community in Minneapolis. They live a life of solidarity with the marginalized and oppressed. If you’re curious…

Lighten Up: Shellfish

We’ve always secretly suspected that God just wanted to save the lobsters. Big old softie.  

Lighten Up: Dance!

Let’s do this.

Lighten Up: Proof of God

The “Checkmate Atheists” meme was actually started by atheists to make fun of some of the sillier arguments christians use to prove that there’s a God. But come on, this is funny.

Lighten Up: Surprise!

Greg discusses how God is not a “Thor” God zapping people on a whim. And then…