http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle recent pleonast.com entries by user ondroodle en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=599577 I am on very thin ground with many people and while I do not intend to create a faith crisis in anyone, I would encourage everyone to think openly and honestly about a question posed to me. Can the government limit the civil liberties of a select group based on moral grounds? In other words, can the government ban gay marriage based on the fact that a Christian majority think that it is wrong and sinful? Please do not burn me at the stake with what you assume my answer to be. The practice of homosexuality is a sin. The Bible is very clear on this. What I am saying is that in a democracy, we cannot infringe upon a persons civil liberties because we think their choices are wrong. Doing so would bring us to the level of Islamic nations that force women to cover every inch of their body and condemn them to death for being raped. Their is however, a difference between marriage and civil unions which I believe to be a viable alternative. Marriage was created by God and defined as one... 2008-11-15 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=598626 Above the mountains the geese turn into the light again painting their black silhouettes on an open sky. Sometimes everything has to be enscribed across the heavens so you can find the one line already written inside you. Sometimes it takes a great sky to find that frist, bright and indescribable wedge of freedom in your own heart. Sometimes with the bones of the black stick left when the fire has gone out someone has written something new in the ashes of your life. You are not leaving you are arriving. by David Whyte 2008-11-12 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=597336 In an effort to increase my iPhone typing ability, I downloaded an application that helps you do just that. The exercise that came up is so perfect it's funny- Am I your mother? A rock? Do I seem huge, squishy and sinuously intertwined? And now I miss you. Good job iPhone... good job. 2008-11-09 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=595629 Congrats. We get to be communist now. Democratic president. Democratic senate. Democratic house. Yep. We get to be communist now. 2008-11-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=594403 So I'm on my way to visit my grandparents with the fam. Warm cookies and a burt roast await our hungry tummies. My grandma has never been likened to Betty Crocker nor will she ever be. But she gives the best grandma hugs ever! and that makes it all worth it!! This is how behind in homework I am- I had to bring my computer to work on my stupid annotated bibliography in the car. That is what I would still be doing if my battery hadn't died on me. It's such a slacker sometimes... I did manage to get all ten reference things done before it went kaput. Two points toward not failing my class! Let's pray real hard I can get everything done in a matter of hours. Litterally. 2008-11-02 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=592498 I should be doing homework. But I'm not. Why? Because I don't want to. I'd rather lay on my bed and type random conglomerations of squiggly and straight lines. Telling my dad about my weekend wasn't as hard/weird/awkward as I thought it would be. I like's him. I don't want him to leave. Ever. I'm okay. I'm not okay. I'm okay. I'm not okay. I'm.... Can't we go back to picking daisies and letting them decide? 2008-10-28 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=588230 and I'm in BGKY! "To 'listen' another's soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another." ~ Douglas V. Steere 2008-10-16 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=584958 My life and experience as the prodigal son is complex to say the least. I have a family history that would take months to diagram and faulty thought patterns that I continually sort out. Truly I have been the prodigal son in many areas of my life. From unconscious defense mechanisms to conscious decisions of rebellion, I can name the streets and describe the buildings that lie in that far away place. Church was always a part of my childhood. Every Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday evening, I was in church. I had no problem with this as I loved going. With family drama creating uncertainty at every turn, church was the one constant that I knew. Like Nouwen, I was eager to please and conform to the traditions and expectations that were set before me. With my zeal for all things religious becoming stronger, my journey toward the far country also began. Somewhere along the way I internalized a system of tally marks that measured how good I was. Yes God loved me, but he also kept... 2008-10-08 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=584049 Andrea Harris in BGKY. Be excited. 2008-10-06 http://www.pleonast.com/user/ondroodle?l=5&entryID=582484 What Famous Leader Are You?personality tests by similarminds.com What Classic Movie Are You?personality tests by similarminds.com There's something very disturbing about each of these in their own right. Together... well. You decide. 2008-10-01