The mood at the moment is:
Neat Websites (held over from the last entry):The Christian Witchery Page;
The Christian Witch, and Journeys of a Catholic Witch. Of the three, the last one grabbed my attention the most: I'm interested in seeing how this person reconciles the two faiths.
Speaking somewhat of Christianity...
On Nightline tonight, they talked to Fred Rogers ~ better known as 'Mr. Rogers' from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. I think everybody knows that show and it's been a part of every kid's childhood at some point or another.
After 34 years, the last ever first run show is set to air sometime next month. A library of 300 shows done in color are set to repeat indefinitely in its place. I really hadn't thought about Mr. Rogers in years and years and years...yet, here I am, feeling sad that he's going away. It's somewhat like losing a family member ~ one that you hardly ever see but love dearly and think that they're going to be there forever.
One little known (it was to me, anyway) fact is that Fred Rogers is a minister. In my eyes, this man characterizes what it can mean to be a christian ~ or pagan, for that matter. Honesty; gentleness and faith in the goodness of fellow humans is what he's about and he's not afraid to show it. He's honestly interested in you as a person ~ not in what you 'could' be. Instead of badgering you over the head with how much better you'd be with Jesus, he's there to tell you that you are just fine the way you are because you are an unique individual.
There will never be another like Mr. Rogers. I think he more than deserves a good retirement. Still, I will miss him even though I hadn't seen him in years.
In other news, my dad is now loose upon the net. When he called tonight, he gave me his e-mail addy (it still feels weird to say that). Looking back at some of the entries of this journal, the thought of him possibly reading them did give me pause. After all, several entries are about him and I have let it be known just exactly how I feel in this thing ~ I believe that was the point of it. So...while it does make me a little anxious to think that he may read this, I am not going to change a thing. It's pretty ridiculous to change yourself to suit another person, isn't it? I'm me and that's the way it's going to be. I can't be any other way.
I think I learned that from Mr. Rogers.
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