Sisters and Brothers: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

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Sunday June 10, 2012 · 5:00 PM PDT

2012/06/10 · 17:00

If you're anything like me, you probably spend a good part of your time wishing away the routine of everyday and waiting for the special times. How often do we sit at work, longing for the hours to pass until we're free for the evening? How many weeks do we cast aside, waiting for that one magical vacation week?

I think it's the same for the spiritual seekers among us. It is, we think, impossible to find the Divine in that relentless routine of our lives. We wait for those holy moments, those incredible retreats. those events that waft us away from the everyday, and then we begin our seeking.

Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may want to share joys and concerns, or simply take solace in a meditative atmosphere. Anyone who comes in the spirit of mutual respect, warmth and healing is welcome.

Zoskie

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Saturday December 17, 2011 · 5:29 PM PST

2011/12/17 · 17:29

I came home from work this afternoon and started scrolling through my email...lots of spam...cash loans, magic jack, magic jack, best cigars, best cigars, best cigars (why am I suddenly getting hourly spam for cigars?)..."you have received a Lifetime Gift Subscription to Daily Kos"...wait--WHAT?!

It seems my dear friend mapamp has gifted me with a lifetime subscription. To say I'm grateful would be an understatement.

I'm also quite humbled.

Zoskie

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Sunday October 23, 2011 · 5:00 PM PDT

2011/10/23 · 17:00

I've been staring at this computer screen for, oh, somewhere around ninety minutes and counting, and have come up with no profound (or even ordinary) thoughts for this diary. I have no questions, and I certainly have no answers. And so I'm left only with this one question, which I invite you all to answer in the comments: For what shall we pray this evening?

Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meet-up for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may want to share joys and concerns, or simply take solace in a meditative atmosphere. Anyone who comes in the spirit of mutual respect, warmth and healing, is welcome.

Zoskie

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Sunday August 14, 2011 · 5:00 PM PDT

2011/08/14 · 17:00

I'm afraid I've got nothing profound to say tonight (seriously, when do I ever?); I had started a reflection on the peacefulness of evening prayer, when the kitten decided to go to sleep on the keyboard, blocking the screen so I couldn't see what I was typing. Okay, I scrolled the page so I could see over his little body; then his mother decided she needed to lick his ears or something. He didn't want his ears licked, so the two of them started fighting. On the laptop. And poof! Everything I'd written suddenly went away--and I'm not in the mood to recreate it.

Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meet-up for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may want to share joys and concerns, or simply take solace in a meditative atmosphere. Anyone who comes in the spirit of mutual respect, warmth and healing, is welcome.

Zoskie

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Sunday July 31, 2011 · 5:00 PM PDT

2011/07/31 · 17:00

Greetings, spiritual Kossacks! Today is the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, and so I thought we would talk about the Ignatian Examen, a way of praying and reflecting on our day which helps us to see how God is acting in our lives, and how we are responding to Her. (Note: I am very far from being any sort of expert on the examen, so I apologize in advance to my Jesuit friends for my mistakes. ;))

Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meet-up for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may want to share joys and concerns, or simply take solace in a meditative atmosphere. Anyone who comes in the spirit of mutual respect, warmth and healing, is welcome.

Zoskie for WYFP?

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Saturday May 14, 2011 · 5:00 PM PDT

2011/05/14 · 17:00

No, I haven't contracted a communicable disease--I'm thinking more about social/professional/intellectual isolation tonight.

WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here.

Zoskie

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Sunday April 03, 2011 · 5:00 PM PDT

2011/04/03 · 17:00

"We adore you O Christ and we praise you...because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world."

There probably isn't a Catholic, present or former, who doesn't recognize those words. One of the most common Lenten devotions is to "walk" the Stations of the Cross--to follow along the path of Jesus on the route to Cavalry, stopping to pray before pictures or statues depicting various moments in that journey. I suspect many of us associate the stations with elderly women clutching their rosaries--a little out of date and a lot irrelevant. But join me over the fold to pray a different way.

Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may want to share joys and concerns, or simply take solace in a meditative atmosphere. Anyone who comes in the spirit of mutual respect, warmth and healing is welcome.

Zoskie

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Sunday March 06, 2011 · 5:00 PM PST

2011/03/06 · 17:00

It has been a very long long winter, and I am ready, so very ready, for the turning of the season; ready for the sun, and green shoots poking from the earth, the smell of rain and vegetation--new life, new beginnings, and spring. That is the spirit I bring to Lent, and it is the reason Lent is my favorite time of year--because I come to it always so weary, so ready for change.

Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may want to share joys and concerns, or simply take solace in a meditative atmosphere. Anyone who comes in the spirit of mutual respect, warmth and healing is welcome.

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WYFP? Cat-bite Fever, or How I Spent President's Day

Zoskie for WYFP?

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Saturday February 26, 2011 · 5:04 PM PST

2011/02/26 · 17:04

Some of you were here last Saturday when I complained of a hurting hand, due to a bad little kitty who sunk her teeth into my knuckle. The advice I received was unanimous: get thee to a doctor post haste. Follow me over the fold for not-very-gross pictures, and the rest of the story.

WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here.

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WYFP? Moving on and getting uncomfortable

Zoskie

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Saturday October 09, 2010 · 4:55 PM PDT

2010/10/09 · 16:55

WYFP (which stands for "What's Your Fucking Problem?") is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here. Won't you please share the joy of WYFP by recommending?

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