Is King George VI in The King’s Speech a stand-in for each of us? I may not have his speech impediment but I’ve had impediments keeping me from my own voice. Working through my impediments I’ve discovered, as he did, that each of our voices need to be claimed, used and heard. Is this why The King’s Speech resonates for so many of us?…Those who nurtured and egged me on to claim that part of my voice as a gay man were my spiritual saviors. They knew that until I did so my own self would remain diminished and enclosed from life.
Browsing the archives for the Trusting Your Voice category
28 Feb 11
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Posted in Active Being, Connecting with Your Imagination, Delighting in Delight, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Showing Up for Life, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Claiming Your Voice, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, King George VI, Lionel Logue, Oscars, Speech Impediment, Spirituality in America, The King's Speech, Your Voice and Imagination
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Claiming Your Voice, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, King George VI, Lionel Logue, Oscars, Speech Impediment, Spirituality in America, The King's Speech, Your Voice and Imagination
23 Feb 11
“For the first time in 42 years my voice is free.” Transformative words from a Libyan freedom protester in Benghazi. That truth is liberating. Her courage to claim her voice is inspiring. This Libyan woman challenges each of us to courageously claim our voice. Your voice is too important to be devalued in any way…Our circumstances of being enclosed or penned down may be different than that of courageous Libyans. But like them our own lives are at stake in the courage and choices we make about letting our voice speak or sing.
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Apartheid, Benghazi, Breaking out of Enclosures, Claiming Your Voice, CNN, Freedom and Human Dignity, Libya, Libyan protesters, National Public Radio, Oneness with others, Personal Transformation, Spirituality & Society, Wake Up For Life!
Tagged Apartheid, Benghazi, Breaking out of Enclosures, Claiming Your Voice, CNN, Freedom and Human Dignity, Libya, Libyan protesters, National Public Radio, Oneness with others, Personal Transformation, Spirituality & Society, Wake Up For Life!
22 Feb 11
“Why are you going to a porn show?” I was asked. I’d never thought about Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball concert in those terms. I didn’t know what to think except that I was looking forward to it. This was no porn show. It was a spiritual revival in her very own travelling cathedral. I was [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Oneness with Self & Creation, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Americano by Lady Gaga, Beliefnet, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga and Spirituality, Little Monsters, Pop Theology blog, Roman Catholic, Spirituality in America, The New York Times, Vogue
Tagged Americano by Lady Gaga, Beliefnet, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga and Spirituality, Little Monsters, Pop Theology blog, Roman Catholic, Spirituality in America, The New York Times, Vogue
19 May 10
Harvey Milk and God each terrified me. In that order. I was a young white anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the nineteen-seventies. To be openly gay made filled me with more fear than the fight against apartheid. Yet I knew in my bones that Harvey Milk and anti-apartheid activists were pointing to the same truth about the magnificence of each person.
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Posted in Active Being, Delighting in Delight, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Becoming full human, Courage of Harvey Milk, Desmond Tutu, Eastern Washington, God, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Day, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Love of Self, Magnificence of each person, New York, Oneness of humanity, San Francisco, Seattle, Seattle Men's Chorus, Spiritual Values, The Holy, unity
Tagged Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Becoming full human, Courage of Harvey Milk, Desmond Tutu, Eastern Washington, God, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Day, Inclusion of all people, LGBT, Love of Self, Magnificence of each person, New York, Oneness of humanity, San Francisco, Seattle, Seattle Men's Chorus, Spiritual Values, The Holy, unity
14 May 10
A blog conversation between Robert V. Taylor and Andrew Russell about the world premiere of a play in which Robert is one of the characters.
The Thin Place is an intriguing title for the play you have conceived! In Celtic and other traditions the thin places are those borderlands where human life, the Holy and creation meet. They are openings into new insight. How does The Thin Place offer such an opening?
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Andrew Russell, Celtic Spirituality, Dan Savage, Gabenga Akinnagbe, Intiman Theater Seattle, Kate Whoriskey, KUOW, Marcie Sillman KUOW, Religion and Spirituality, religious diversity, Sonja Schneider, Spiritual Journey, Spirituality, The Thin Place a play, This American Life
Tagged Andrew Russell, Celtic Spirituality, Dan Savage, Gabenga Akinnagbe, Intiman Theater Seattle, Kate Whoriskey, KUOW, Marcie Sillman KUOW, Religion and Spirituality, religious diversity, Sonja Schneider, Spiritual Journey, Spirituality, The Thin Place a play, This American Life
4 May 10
Chely Wright’s courage is contagious! Today she came out as a lesbian. This County and Western star is gutsy! Her voice of truth will inspire and give courage to millions. The journey to becoming fully human is one that she embraces. On Sunday night, members of her family and a small group of friends gathered [...]
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Posted in Active Being, Fully Human, Fully Alive, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Showing Up for Life, Spirited Conversations, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Chely Wright, Coming Out, Country& Western Music, Fully Alive, Fully Human, God and Country, Grand Old Opry, Love of Self, Millenials, Music Education, Reading Writing and Rhythm Foundation, Sexuality, Troops in Iraq, Truth Telling
Tagged Chely Wright, Coming Out, Country& Western Music, Fully Alive, Fully Human, God and Country, Grand Old Opry, Love of Self, Millenials, Music Education, Reading Writing and Rhythm Foundation, Sexuality, Troops in Iraq, Truth Telling
29 Mar 10
Your goodness matters. Your words convey meaning. Today’s indictment of the Hutaree militia may be written off by some as just another violent fringe group. The news is hard to view in isolation. We are besieged by an escalation of hate-filled violent language. What does it mean for us to be well-intentioned, good people? Ethics, values, meaning and purpose are at play. Claiming the good is possible.
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Posted in Everyday Goodness & Kindness, Love with Abandonment, Making Sense, Finding Purpose, Oneness with Self & Creation, Polishing the World, Showing Up for Life, Trusting Your Voice
Tagged Becoming Fully Alive, Choosing the Light, Claim the Goodness, Claiming the Good, Compassion for Others, Dignity of Difference, Diversity of Culture, Diversity of Opinion, Diversity of Race, Free Speech, Fully Alive, Gender and Sexuality, Hutaree militia, Meaning and Purpose, Oneness, Violent Fringe Groups, You Matter, Your Goodness Matters
Tagged Becoming Fully Alive, Choosing the Light, Claim the Goodness, Claiming the Good, Compassion for Others, Dignity of Difference, Diversity of Culture, Diversity of Opinion, Diversity of Race, Free Speech, Fully Alive, Gender and Sexuality, Hutaree militia, Meaning and Purpose, Oneness, Violent Fringe Groups, You Matter, Your Goodness Matters
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