by Maggy Whitehouse | Apr 24, 2023 | Spirit
by Maggy Whitehouse | Dec 23, 2022 | Spirit
A letter to Editor FRANCIS P. CHURCH for publication in the New York Sun 1897 Dear Editor: I am 8 years old.Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.”Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Dec 16, 2022 | Spirit
I think I’m falling in love with a ghost. Technically, he isn’t a ghost because we met in the afterlife and, over there, I’m the one who tends to be pale and slightly transparent although, unfortunately, not ethereally thin. At least, in the heavens, we don’t...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Nov 7, 2022 | Spirit
There is a LOT we can do to help the Earth, deal with climate change and restore equilibrium to our beautiful home. It’s not up to ‘Them.’ They won’t do it. They don’t have that level of consciousness. If we do, then we must act. It is our responsibility. I remember...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Oct 12, 2022 | Spirit
So, what do we do about the Club? We own up. We say, ‘I am in the Club.’ Only from that owning can we start to change it. It’s just like the Twelve Steps of an addiction programme. We realise that we are addicted. The Club needs our addiction. We are...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Oct 12, 2022 | Spirit
The first rule of Fight Club is that you don’t talk about Fight Club – Chuck Palahnuik We live in a Club. Pretty much all of us, whether we like it or not. We need to know that. And we need to talk about it. The Club is the System – the first level of...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Jul 22, 2022 | Spirit
Mary Magdalene by Janet McKenzie. Mary Magdalene has always been one of the most misunderstood – and unfairly reviled – women in religious history. She is still misinterpreted by those who wish her only well and who see her as the Holy Grail, the wife of Christ. Her...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Jul 15, 2022 | Spirit
I’m reading a book by Neil Postman, called Amusing Ourselves to Death. It’s a bit of an eye-opener… I’ve suspected this for a while but it’s still chilling to read about it. We spent decades fearing 1984 – George Orwell’s book...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Jun 27, 2022 | Spirit
Creation by Harmonia Rosales The reasoning behind the decision to overturn Wade vs Roe – and for all anti-abortion campaigning is all about the sanctity of human life. Humans, are made ‘in the image of God,’ according to the Bible – and life begins at conception...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Jun 25, 2022 | Spirit
As half of America reels from the turning over of Roe vs Wade and the other half gloats, can we find a deeper message in here? And can we find a way forward? I think so. We have to sift through much rubbish, including misogyny and kindergarten religion (my...