Viral Sonnet

Viral Sonnet

I shopped today cocooned in gloves and mask, While glancing nervously in each direction, Unable from each hidden face to ask Them what is new, or feign polite affection Unwilling hermits everyone’s become, Within their walls of virtual distraction, As day to day all merges into one Unending stream of mental putrefaction Yet just outside […]

Godsmarts: Did Jesus Have a Secret Teaching?

Godsmarts: Did Jesus Have a Secret Teaching?

The Secret Teachings of Jesus Hello, I’m Keith Campbell, independent priest of the Home Temple, and welcome to GodSmarts.I’d like to start this episode with a joke. The full joke is very long, but in the interests of time I’m going to abbreviate. A man was wandering by a monastery on a high hill when […]

The Flood Stories according to "J" and "P"

The Flood Stories according to “J” and “P”

This post is an illustration of my video on “Who Wrote The Bible – Part 2”. This video discusses the “documentary hypothesis” which says that there are several different independent sources of material that the writers of the first five books of the Bible used. Two of these are called “J” (because it uses the […]

Audio Test - Dona Nobis Pacem

Audio Test – Dona Nobis Pacem

Now that I have better audio equipment, I wanted to start making some public domain music and hymns that I can use during google hangout meetings and presentations without running afoul of copyright. To test the equipment, I did a quick recording of the Latin hymn/round “Dona Nobis Pacem” (grant us peace). Here’s me singing […]

New, Free Book by Leo Babauta on Contentment

New, Free Book by Leo Babauta on Contentment

  I’ve always enjoyed pretty much everything Leo Babauta writes, and I’ve featured him as one of the recommended “gurus” on this site. He can be a bit extreme with his minimalism, but that makes him a good yardst ick and exemplar of the principle. I wouldn’t want to copy his lifestyle, but I know I […]