http://thefallencleric.com Thoughts on God, counseling, relationships, etc. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:14:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/braveheart-of-mid-michigan/ http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/braveheart-of-mid-michigan/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:38:34 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2772 Braveheart. My favorite movie of all-time, by a substantial margin. Every time I watch this  movie I end up having fantasies about being William Wallace of Scotland — living and dying for a great cause, far beyond myself. Being willing to take risks. Living to go after what I want, and not merely to avoid [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/braveheart-of-mid-michigan/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/sex-on-the-rooftop-sells-books/ http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/sex-on-the-rooftop-sells-books/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:47:47 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2741 Apparently a pastor in Texas is going to set up a bed on the roof of his church and hit the sack with his wife there for 24 hours. The 24 hour bed-in will be broadcast on the Internet. The date corresponds with a book the pastor will be releasing about sex. Source: http://thesexperiment.com/ Really? When [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/sex-on-the-rooftop-sells-books/feed/ 2 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/introverts-your-life-is-calling/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/introverts-your-life-is-calling/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:06:37 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2704 This post is for that 30-40% of the U.S. population who are introverts. [Not sure if you're an introvert or an extrovert? Take this online assessment to find out.] Yep, I’m writing to YOU. It’s an extroverted world in many ways, isn’t it? That’s why you feel so uncomfortable so much of the time. But [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/introverts-your-life-is-calling/feed/ 12 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/lessons-in-love-from-dexter-and-breaking-bad-prt-2/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/lessons-in-love-from-dexter-and-breaking-bad-prt-2/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:57:24 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2699 You are more like Dexter Morgan than you think. In fact you are very, very much like Dexter, and like Walter White. They both have family that they care about, just like you. They both are struggling with who they are, just like you. They both are hiding something, just like you. They both fear [...] Related posts:

1. Lessons in love from Dexter and Breaking Bad
2. Love Wins? Count On It!

]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/lessons-in-love-from-dexter-and-breaking-bad-prt-2/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/embracing-powerlessness/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/embracing-powerlessness/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:46:55 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2661 There is freedom in embracing powerlessness. Most of the time we’re scurrying around trying to fix things — relationships, issues at work, problems with the cars, problems at our kids’ schools — our lives seem like a bewildering array of problems, all of which we believe we have to fix. We believe this deeply enough [...] Related posts:

1. Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 4 — “Are you telling me to be a doormat?”
2. Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 3
3. Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 2

]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/embracing-powerlessness/feed/ 2 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/twelv-suggestions-for-talking-to-people-with-chronic-illness/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/twelv-suggestions-for-talking-to-people-with-chronic-illness/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:47:48 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2645 Disclaimer: This post is in no way intended as a rebuke of anyone in my life. I am blessed to be surrounded by caring, compassionate people and have no complaints about how my friends and family treat me when I am sick. But I do hope this post can help and encourage even those with [...] Related posts:

1. Sorry — No posts due to illness!

]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/twelv-suggestions-for-talking-to-people-with-chronic-illness/feed/ 1 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/bring-it-on/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/bring-it-on/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:03:32 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2641 Last week I went into an eye surgeon for a consultation. I have a cyst in the corner of each of my eyes. It doesn’t hurt, and isn’t even very obvious, but it bugs me. They needed to check to see if removing the cysts will interfere with my tear ducts. Apparently the way they [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/bring-it-on/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/from-god-to-pariah-prt-2/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/from-god-to-pariah-prt-2/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:42:59 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2635 In my last post I told you that in this one I would share with you a way of avoiding the all-or-nothing thinking most people tend to adopt in situations like Joe Paterno’s, where we take a man who has been a hero all of his life and make him a pariah overnight because of [...] Related posts:

1. From god to pariah — thoughts on Joe Paterno, prt.1

]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/from-god-to-pariah-prt-2/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/from-god-to-pariah-thoughts-on-joe-paterno-prt-1/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/from-god-to-pariah-thoughts-on-joe-paterno-prt-1/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:10:06 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2629 I don’t know anything about sports. In fact I know less than nothing about sports. So until a week or so ago, I am not sure if I had ever even heard of Joe Paterno. But I have studied up on this story a little bit. The reactions I am hearing from people demonstrate how [...] Related posts:

1. From god to pariah — thoughts on Joe Paterno, prt.2

]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/from-god-to-pariah-thoughts-on-joe-paterno-prt-1/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/dexter-breaking-bad/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/11/dexter-breaking-bad/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:20:28 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2583 If you have not watched either Showtime’s Dexter, or AMC’s Breaking Bad, chances are pretty good you have been living in a hole, but I’ll begin with a quick summary. Dexter tells the story of Dexter Morgan,  a handsome, charismatic blood spatter analyst who moonlights as a serial killer, killing only the guilty who were [...] Related posts:

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