F&RS is the philosophical/religious blog of Doug Muder. Its title comes from "a free and responsible search for truth and meaning," the 4th principle of Unitarian Universalism. You can find Doug's weekly political summary at The Weekly Sift and his longer political articles at Open Source Journalism. He also writes on a number of group blogs under the pseudonym Pericles.
My latest UUWorld.org column is up. It describes a spiritual discipline my wife and I have cobbled together and practiced for the last 21 years. This would be a good place to comment on it.
One thing I should add: This kind of practice works best when both spouses are relatively equally verbal. If one of you can talk rings around the other, then conversation is a turf where one is empowered and the other isn't.
That's one of the things-about-us that makes our practice work. We're both reasonably good at wrapping words around our experiences.
This totally would not work for me as half a couple... I can run rings verbally around the DH so that wouldn't be fair. I wonder if I couldn't do this myself daily. Backwards through the day. I find my time running away from me at times. Cool thing the DIY.
Really beautiful practice. I wonder if I could talk my husband into it.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I should add: This kind of practice works best when both spouses are relatively equally verbal. If one of you can talk rings around the other, then conversation is a turf where one is empowered and the other isn't.
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the things-about-us that makes our practice work. We're both reasonably good at wrapping words around our experiences.
This totally would not work for me as half a couple... I can run rings verbally around the DH so that wouldn't be fair. I wonder if I couldn't do this myself daily. Backwards through the day. I find my time running away from me at times. Cool thing the DIY.
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