Pink Coup D'Etat

My two year old daughter Zinnia and wife Anna almost upset the balance of the universe.
Pink!?

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My Spiritual Situation

So, there it is. I laid it on the line. I actually hope I don't get any 'advice', but would rather hear from people who are similarly struggling or who have come through and are finding ways of being a purple christian, or a liberal universalist charismatic....nah, none of the labels really work.










And, in summary, the struggles were:

1. How do I find (where does it come from?) motivation/energy/love to mature spiritually now that I reject fear whenever it comes up as my main motivation to grow?
   
2. If God is really personal, then why am I not more directly pursued --why does it seem I have to 'make the first move'?
3. How do I move into a new kind of purple spirituality and actually live out my new theology (like changed beliefs about the cross, the nature of salvation, mission, God, etc)
4. Lack of Spiriritual community. Do I 1)Find the smallest, closest church --no matter what they are like --and enter into their community life? 2)Find the spiritual community that best fits my present core beliefs and commit there? 3)Start a small group at home (or somewhere) and start being church as I understand it best to be?

Yeah, something like that.

Oh yeah, and the long, occasionaly boring recording of my spiritual autobiogaphy is here.

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