About: Roger Wolsey
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Wild Goose Festival: Spiritual Renewal Takes Flight!by Roger Wolsey on Jun 26, 2011 I participated in the first annual “Wild Goose Festival” this past week and I am REVIVED! Modeled after the successful “Greenbelt” Festival in England, the Wild Goose Fest was 4 days of terrific speakers by veteran and cutting edge leaders of the “emerging” and “progressive” Christian faith. It was held at the Shakori Hills campground [...] 1,121 views |
Today is Pentecost: the Day the Church came Out!by Roger Wolsey on Jun 12, 2011 Today is Pentecost Sunday – it’s the Birthday of the Christian Church! For those who may not be familiar with it, Pentecost is derived from a Jewish holiday (Shavuot) that is celebrated 50 days after Passover. According to the Book of Acts (chapter 2) on the day of Pentecost that took place 50 days after [...] 996 views |
Biker protests by crashing his bikeby Roger Wolsey on Jun 11, 2011 Protesting a ticket, man deliberately crashes his bike into objects blocking bike lanes. After receiving a ticket for straying from the bike lane, a New York biker filmed a protest video montage of himself crashing into objects while remaining lawfully in the bike lane. Some of the crashes appear to be fairly painful. The biker, [...] 1,546 views |
Are Cell Phones Killing the Bees?by Roger Wolsey on May 11, 2011 Scientists may have found the cause of the world’s sudden dwindling population of bees – and cell phones are to blame. Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuses bees, but also leads to their death. Over 83 experiments have yielded the same results. With virtually most [...] 1,632 views |
If you’re reading this, the End isn’t nigh.by Roger Wolsey on May 9, 2011 World to End May 21, 2011?! If you haven’t been living under a rock lately, you will know that there are a lot of people who think that the world is going to end soon — either because of the Mayan calendar apparently ending in 2012, or because of the Apocalypse and the Rapture occurring [...] 4,013 views |
Even… “Osama had a momma.” Happy radical Mother’s Day!by Roger Wolsey on May 7, 2011 Yep, even that tall guy with the scraggly beard who had some serious grudge issues, had – a momma. His family were proud of him until the Saudi government told them to disown him (before 9/11). Though his family was proud of him, he had an awkward and detached childhood. He barely knew his mother [...] 1,004 views |
The dangers of Angry Sex…and coffee & nose blowing.by Roger Wolsey on May 6, 2011 Sex, coffee and nose blowing can “trigger a stroke,” researchers say. Coffee, sex, blowing your nose and getting mad are everyday triggers that can raise your risk of a type of stroke by causing blood vessels to burst, say researchers in the Netherlands. A study conducted on 250 patients for three years looked at the [...] 8,901 views |
The Sexiest most Eco-Concious Bike Swap Ever!by Roger Wolsey on Apr 28, 2011 Like Burning Man but in Boulder! The Boulder Bike Swap is set for Sunday, May 22 and simply put, it is going to rock. What is a bike swap? It’s an extravaganza of bi-pedal goodness! It’s where hundreds of people gather to sell, trade, swap, and/or buy awesome discounted bikes and bike accessories! It’s where [...] 696 views |
A Yoga-Inspired Easter Sermon?by Roger Wolsey on Apr 27, 2011 Om Shanti and Jesus Lives? That was the Easter message that was delivered at Boulder’s Wesley Chapel. We started the Mosaic Gospel Choir last year and it may be the only inter-faith Gospel choir in history. Comprised of Christians, Buddhists, and neo-pagans in roughly equal thirds, the choir performs as part of a worship service [...] 907 views |
Great man, Great speech, and now… Spirituality-”lite.”by Roger Wolsey on Apr 3, 2011 Are we afraid to speak truth to power? Have we become domesticated? 1,156 views |
Die and Live?by Roger Wolsey on Mar 29, 2011 People who live in Boulder are going to die. Yep, even the uber healthy, death denying, bodywork-receiving, herb taking, life-prolonging, spirituality seeking people who flock to Boulder, CO to escape the Budweiser guzzling, all-you-can-eat-buffet-gorging, cigarette smoking, non-exercising, non-organic-food-eating, spiritually oblivious dullards in towns in the Midwest …. are all going to kick the bucket …. [...] 577 views |
Happy Slave Patrick’s Day! …er St. Paddy’s…actually both.by Roger Wolsey on Mar 17, 2011 While we’re digging through our wardrobes trying to find that one item of green clothing that we own, and while the bars are stocking up to prepare for happy throngs tonight, and while certain folks commit harm on fragile ecosystems by dumping green dye into rivers, we might do well to ponder a part of [...] 1,570 views |
Mardi Gras? Don’t be a sodomite!by Roger Wolsey on Mar 8, 2011 (This piece was originally posted in March, 2011, but is now even more relevant in light of the recent Occupy Wall Street protests) Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday. The day before Ash Wednesday. A day for living with passion, vim and vigor, and for zealously sucking the marrow out of life. It’s also a [...] 2,078 views |
Yoga Warning: those who are “too flexible” at riskby Roger Wolsey on Mar 2, 2011 A report just came out indicating that people who are “too flexible” at risk of suffering migraines. … an excerpt from the story: NEW YORK — People with severe forms of double jointedness have a greater risk of suffering from migraine headaches, a new study finds. They also tend to have more severe and more [...] 2,535 views |
New Song by The Artist Formerly Known as “Cat”by Roger Wolsey on Feb 28, 2011 “My People.” A powerful new song inspired by the current uprisings in the Middle East. There’s no need for me to say anything. Let’s let Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens) speak for himself. 205 views |
World, Meet “The Love Project”by Roger Wolsey on Feb 25, 2011 Whereas, there are a lot of people saying and doing a lot of horrible things in the world, – recent cases in point include, but are not limited to, the criminal use of aircraft on 9/11/01, the senseless and unjust war with Iraq; the beheading of a Jewish journalist; the torture of persons by U.S. [...] 521 views |
Yogis and Buddhists fund NASCAR?!by Roger Wolsey on Feb 20, 2011 Apparently, all of the American ones do. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the article. It’s a piece about how a Congressional Representative from Minnesota is receiving death threats because of her proposal for Congress to cease having American taxpayers sponsor a NASCAR team. The team is sponsored by the U.S. Army. What [...] 467 views |
Giving flowers or chocolate for Valentine’s Day? Don’t be Oppressive about it.by Roger Wolsey on Feb 12, 2011 It’s the time of the year when lover-dovers show their love and affection for their snookums by buying sweets and gifts of beauty. Chocolate and flowers are the top sellers (if anyone is crushing on me, I prefer dark chocolate and Gerbera daisies – just sayin’). As one of the Christian columnists at Elephant Journal, [...] 1,523 views |
Calling Contemplatives, Dreamers, & Investors!by Roger Wolsey on Feb 11, 2011 “Inner Space in 100 miles” … “Radical. Bold. Blow-your-mind cool. Inner Space! – 80 miles.” … “Transform your life! Inner Space – 50 miles” … “Blow your mind and rock your world! Inner Space – 25 miles” … “Almost there! Inner Space. The coolest place between Minneapolis and Mount Rushmore! – 10 miles” … “You’ve [...] 356 views |
Kissing Fish… Gross! or Oh. So. Needed! ?by Roger Wolsey on Jan 21, 2011 OnMartin Luther King, Jr., Day, the day that the retired dermatologist and Southern Baptist deacon was sworn into office as the new governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley uttered these words in the church where MLK used to preach, “There may be some people here today who do not have living within them the Holy Spirit,” [...] 1,112 views |
Hipposattva? Meet the hippo who rescues animals from Mara!by Roger Wolsey on Jan 20, 2011 You couldn’t make this up. “Visitors to a safari camp close to where the film Out Of Africa was shot stood in awe as they witnessed the annual wildebeest migration…. and then… check it! On top of all of that wonderful inter-species goodwill of rescuing helpless creatures from a river, this happens to be the [...] 352 views |
Buddhists are now Muslims? face the strange changes…by Roger Wolsey on Jan 15, 2011 According to some dude in Minneapolis, due to changes in the Earth’s magnetic core, the Zodiac calendar is out of whack. So perhaps it’s time for the Leo to soften his roar… oh, wait, according to the new standard, I’m still a Leo. Roar!! Professional astrologers are debunking this claim (at least its implications for [...] 183 views |
Yoga has blood on its hands.by Roger Wolsey on Jan 12, 2011 Jared Loughner is the one who shot all those people in Tuscon, AZ but some of the responsibility is ours. I realize that that’s quite a statement to make, but I mean it. Political pundits have been playing the blame game about how “the people on the other side” have been contributing to the highly [...] 1,849 views |
“Meditation is a waste of valuable shopping time”by Roger Wolsey on Jan 7, 2011 I’d like to buy this guy a beverage of his choice. 1,070 views |
Yoga = India? Maybe not so much.by Roger Wolsey on Dec 29, 2010 Yoga: a positively un-Indian Experience? People who visit the U.S. from other countries (or who meet Americans while we’re traveling abroad) are sometimes surprised to learn that we haven’t all been to Disneyland, or Graceland, or attended a professional football game. They’re surprised that we don’t all own handguns, talk like Texans, or go to [...] 322 views |
Holy cognitive dissonance Batman!by Roger Wolsey on Dec 22, 2010 While I was stopped with my motorcycle at an intersection in Boulder today, I noticed the rear bumper of car that was next to me. If you’ve ever been to Boulder, you’ll know that this isn’t an unusual occurrence. There are probably more bumper-stickers per automobile here than in most cities in the U.S. Most [...] 977 views |
Thus Speaketh the good Prophet Colbert…by Roger Wolsey on Dec 17, 2010 A prophetic home run. “Because if this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus is just as selfish as we are or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit [...] 2,772 views |
Cage Against the Machine: Punk Silence? Music for Meditation.by Roger Wolsey on Dec 15, 2010 Is silence the new loud? Meditation emphasizes the space between thoughts, composer John Cage highlighted the silent space between notes. Can such a song go #1? “Silent night” taken seriously. A group of British musicians are attempting to make a unique song hit the top of the charts in time for Christmas. Chief among these [...] 1,885 views |
Jesus’ Mom was a Punk.by Roger Wolsey on Dec 10, 2010 A punk rock band should do a song based on Mary’s “Magnificat” (Luke 1:46-55). Knocked-up, teen-aged Mary was the first punk singer and the first rock & roller. When she learned that she would bear the Christ-child, she sang a song. It was a song of praise. And it was a song of protest and rebellion. She celebrates that God is about to do something new in the world. 5,219 views |
Why do they hate us? The Elephant in the Living Roomby Roger Wolsey on Nov 27, 2010 Hostages were taken at the U.S. embassy in Iran. Someone attempted to bomb the World Trade Center. The U.S.S. Cole was attacked. The World Trade Centers were destroyed. A teenager in Oregon just attempted to bomb a Christmas tree lighting event. We’ve responded by launching some missiles and waging war in two countries, killing many [...] 1,487 views |
Getting Nuked, or Groped, for the Holidays.by Roger Wolsey on Nov 17, 2010 Enough is enough! My 10 year old son and I will be traveling via air to visit my family in St. Paul for Thanksgiving next week. I do not want him blasted by radiation and nor do I want him to be aggressively groped by a TSA agent. We shouldn’t be treated as guilty until [...] 3,214 views |
Cookies of Love – a liberal seminarian squares off with a fundamentalistby Roger Wolsey on Nov 14, 2010 …During my last semester of grad school I was involved in monitoring the proceedings at the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (effectively, the “Congress” of the denomination that meets every four years to adopt and revise rules and regulations) that happened to meet in Denver that year. Like many mainline churches, the UMC [...] 4,797 views |
“Hi, I’m a Tea Partier”by Roger Wolsey on Oct 29, 2010 I’m sorry. But that is not true. Words have actual meanings… 511 views |
Pastor says Pot at Walgreen’s – NOW!by Roger Wolsey on Oct 28, 2010 Did anyone notice this news story? EVERY police officer in a town in Mexico has just quit for fear of their lives. Something is wrong – and that something is U.S. drug policy (and, yes, with a goodly number of U.S. citizens and their tragic demand for drugs – who crave and seek them despite [...] 2,276 views |
Halloween—a time for me & my shadow.by Roger Wolsey on Oct 27, 2010 Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. – Friedrich Nietzsche For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. – Paul, Romans 7:19 Halloween [...] 1,047 views |
“molting” … a poem about change and transformationby Roger Wolsey on Oct 5, 2010 scratch, scratch, SCRATCH!! months of built-up mane and plumage fall off in droves matted clumps of fur float thick in the air rotted feathers begrudgingly drop like the last stubborn leaves in november unbuckled scales descend in spastic spurts like unbridled torrential rains what once were connections that seemed all important, – discards that no [...] 155 views |
Why my fish are kissingby Roger Wolsey on Sep 14, 2010 I’m a person who notices bumper-stickers when I’m out and about and I enjoy making mention of the more interesting ones in my sermons. It seems that there are some of you who enjoy this kind of thing as well – in fact a few of you have approach me to ask me about the [...] 869 views |
God Angrily Clarifies “Don’t Kill” Rule Following 9/11.by Roger Wolsey on Sep 13, 2010 A prophetic blast from the past from our friends at The Onion—9 years ago. (SEPTEMBER 26, 2001 | ISSUE 37•34) NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshiped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each other Monday. [...] 1,291 views |
Turning religious turds into lemonadeby Roger Wolsey on Sep 10, 2010 Every religion, seems to have its “crazy uncle Larrys.” My own family of faith, Christianity, certainly has its fair share of them. For the past few years, Fred Phelps and his infamous Westboro Baptist Church have held the status of being our nuttiest relatives. Until… our crazy uncle Terry Jones and his not so aptly [...] 427 views |
poems about deathby Roger Wolsey on Sep 8, 2010 in honor of Waylon Lewis’ family as they grieve, mourn, and celebrate the recently passed life of Waylon’s grandpa… treading air ashes interred, dust back to its source a family celebrates its matriarch then depart back to their homes cocooned with strangers in a skin of thin flying metal, time and space are suspended whist [...] 525 views |
Only practice.by Roger Wolsey on Aug 24, 2010 So neither carrot nor stick, only practice… Arriving at Beginner’s Mind: Daniel Kahneman’s Story by CharityFocus In the mid-1960s, Daniel Kahneman lectured to a group of Israeli air force flight instructors about how rewarding positive behavior works and punishing mistakes doesn’t. An irritated flight instructor gets up and says, “I’ve often praised people warmly for [...] 375 views |
A progressive Christian view of Sin & Sinners (us).by Roger Wolsey on Aug 18, 2010 I so enjoyed Scott Robinson’s article “Buddhists Have it Wrong about Original Sin” that I am inspired to post the following words in response. As a trumpet player who knows his way around noisy valves and spit valves, I really enjoyed Scott’s musical metaphor. So, I’ll include one of my own. What you are about [...] 878 views |
A Song for Hiroshima Remembrance Day.by Roger Wolsey on Aug 6, 2010 The most disturbing song I’ve ever heard. It was composed to help memorialize of one of those most disturbing things humans have ever done to each other - the U.S. dropping an atom bomb on the City of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. O God how it hurts to listen to it. I participated in [...] 796 views |
Christian Pastor Says Legalize Drugs?by Roger Wolsey on Aug 6, 2010 This one does. Personally, I’m not in favor of drug use. I think it’s poor stewardship of one’s body and prevents people from embracing reality, but enough is enough! My moral opinion isn’t worth 28,000 murders, way too many people behind bars, and a massive waste of taxpayers dollars. The United States now has 1 [...] 1,695 views |
Anne Rice Quits Christianity & Wolsey Comes Out.by Roger Wolsey on Jul 30, 2010 A news splash took place yesterday when popular author author Anne Rice, spinner of sexy vampire dramas, publicly renounced her Christianity. In her own words: “For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian … It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and [...] 5,386 views |
I heart Dick Cheney: a true test of spiritual practice.by Roger Wolsey on Jul 16, 2010 Dick Cheney. That pairing of words causes hives to break out for many and anaphylactic shock to be induced in not a few. Associations with Hitler, The Grinch, the Architect from The Matrix, Darth Vader and the Sith Lord from Star Wars, and even Barney are made in the minds of many who consider themselves [...] 624 views |
 The Gay Gene: would you choose the sexual orientation of your child?by Roger Wolsey on Jul 13, 2010 Researchers have discovered a gene/enzyme dynamic that they can manipulate to predictably choose the sexual orientation of female mice. Somewhat ironically, the gene that they removed from the mice to make them become homosexual is the “FucM” gene. I kid you not. Now the report did state that these particular results apply only to mice, [...] 155 views |
 my life as an alienby Roger Wolsey on Jul 12, 2010 My mother gave a unique gift to my son for a while back – several boxed episodes of two of my favorite TV shows growing up – The Waltons and Mork & Mindy. I had my tonsils removed not too long ago and my ability to interact with my son during the two weeks that [...] 147 views |
Nutritional Value of Fruits & Veggies Dwindling.by Roger Wolsey on Jul 10, 2010 Well, this stinks: Nutritional Value of Fruits and Veggies dwindling. …excerpt from the article, While we’ve been dutifully eating our fruits and vegetables all these years, a strange thing has been happening to our produce. It’s losing its nutrients. That’s right: Today’s conventionally grown produce isn’t as healthful as it was 30 years ago — [...] 600 views |
Happy Inter-Dependence Day, y’all!by Roger Wolsey on Jul 4, 2010 A poll came out recently indicating that 26% of the citizens of the U.S. “don’t know who they are independent from.” Meaning, they don’t know from which country the U.S. declared its independence and waged a revolutionary war for separation. One one hand, this is depressing news, in that it adds further evidence to the [...] 319 views |
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