What You Focus On Expands

November 12, 2012 in Children, Lifestyle, Parenting, People, Self, Society

Today’s guest post from Catherine Rodie Blagg: We have new neighbors. They moved in a few months ago. I haven’t met them face to face yet. When the quiet, elderly, Korean couple moved out I wondered who would come along and fill the big empty house. I hoped it would be a family with young children, potential friends for my girls. I had visions of inviting them round for a cuppa and chatting with my new neighbor while our children splashed about in the paddling pool. When I heard voices in their garden I resisted the urge to climb up [...]

Relating to Music: Can An Atheist Love Religious Music?

July 11, 2012 in Music, Religion

Can an Atheist love religious music? Well, looking through my iTunes collection, there are 29 songs with the words “Jesus” in them, although one of those is “Jesus Penis” by The DC3, and another one is “The Jesus Stag Night Club” by Babybird. Searching for “God” gives me over 100 songs, but two of them (“God” by John Lennon and “Dear God” by XTC) are kind of about atheism, so they probably don’t count. Searching for “heaven” also gives me over 100 songs, but “Heaven’s In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac” isn’t a very spiritual song either. Nevertheless, despite [...]