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A NEW ATTITUDE1 comment

Roger Johnson wrote 7 months ago: A NEW ATTITUDE I had thought for quite a while now that there is nothing new in the area of feelings … more →

Tags: God, Daily Stuff, Joy, Life, Dying, Making sense of it, aging, health, Depression

A Refurbished Part for the Engine4 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 8 months ago: I have never had the imaginative cues that would have me starting a book nevertheless a saga, I have … more →

Tags: aging, Daily Stuff, health, Joy, Life, Making sense of it, Tillich, writing, Acceptance

A Short Follow-up

Roger Johnson wrote 9 months ago: <!– @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> February 11, 2009 This … more →

Tags: God, Daily Stuff, Joy, Life, Dying, Making sense of it, aging, Tillich, writing

Use Another Label2 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: I was reading the review of Nothing To Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes in the Times Literary Suppl … more →

Tags: God, Making sense of it, Orthodoxy, Theology, church, Tillich, TLS

Afraid to believe2 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: A man I know assured me yesterday that Hilary’s tears before the New Hampshire primary were st … more →

Tags: Daily Stuff, Joy, Dying, Making sense of it, Courage, Belief, Emptiness, Cynicism, disappointment

This is what I have seen

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: It has been at least six months since I wrote the ‘Lydia Aello’ thing, it was a way of t … more →

Tags: God, Daily Stuff, Life, Dying, Jesus, Bible, Belief, experience of dying, accepting meaninglessness

Lydia Aello looks at me3 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago:   LYDIA AELLO LOOKS AT ME ©   I was a skinny, noisy kid who had an answer for everything, … more →

Tags: Depression, Daily Stuff, Life, Dying, God, joy from sadness, Theology, Suicide, Making sense of it

Letting go of meaning3 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: For the last day I knew that I had to put down here what follows, it comes from saying goodbye to a … more →

Tags: Daily Stuff, Life, bereavement, Meaning, Joy, Spirit, accepting meaninglessness, meaninglessness, Making sense of it

A man from Darfur1 comment

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: I met a man from Darfur; it was an early evening in August, I was walking in the livery staging area … more →

Tags: God, Daily Stuff, Joy, Making sense of it, Religion, bereavement, Courage, Jesus, Bible

Being in the present2 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: That first smell of coffee as I opened the grinder lid, as the hot water roiled the grounds, as I li … more →

Tags: Depression, Daily Stuff, Joy, Making sense of it, aging, chauffeur, being, accepting meaninglessness, loneliness

Warm Wet Winter Weekend1 comment

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: I’ll try this again, after having erased all that I wrote for the last twenty minutes I’ … more →

Tags: Daily Stuff, Life, Joy, joy from sadness, nature of being, accepting meaninglessness, Acceptance, Theology, Weather

Drippy, gray weather3 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: I have the desk light turned on even though it is past sunrise,I can hear the sound of meltwater dro … more →

Tags: Depression, Daily Stuff, Hospice, Life, Dying, aging, joy from sadness, nature of being, accepting meaninglessness

Overcast skies

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: Before I went to bed last night I looked up the N. W. S. forecast, it predicted overcast skies, temp … more →

Tags: Depression, Daily Stuff, Life, Making sense of it, God, Belief, accepting meaninglessness, Transcendence, Weather

Going about one's business after the storm1 comment

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: The awe that comes with a good fall of snow has passed, walks  shoveled to the narrowest that allows … more →

Tags: Daily Stuff, Hospice, Joy, Life, Dying, aging, bereavement, experience of dying, joy from sadness

Cold Monday morning1 comment

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: The sky is dull, mottled gray, the remaining leaves waving husks, the snow hardened by ice, the feed … more →

Tags: Daily Stuff, Joy, Life, Dying, aging, death, joy from sadness, accepting meaninglessness, Weather

Digging out in Chicago4 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: Will there be any news reader who does not use the phrase “Chicago is digging out” today … more →

Tags: Daily Stuff, Hospice, Life, Dying, joy from sadness, accepting meaninglessness, Weather, Birds, loneliness

More on why Jesus is not God

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: That so many worship Jesus, and yet fail to have a spiritual experience, should lead to realize an i … more →

Tags: God, Joy, Life, Jesus, Spirit, blasphemy, Questioning, Heresy

Lack of response to 'Jesus isn't God'3 comments

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: I was surprised that there was no response to a couple of things I wrote about Jesus and God, but th … more →

Tags: God, Daily Stuff, Joy, Making sense of it, Jesus, accepting meaninglessness, Established Church, Transcendence, existential

I didn't buy a television yesterday

Roger Johnson wrote 1 year ago: I spent time at Costco yesterday, a place that I had visited once before; there was a parade of flat … more →

Tags: Daily Stuff, Joy, Life, aging, Television, Theater, Awe, Choice


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