Tenth Life

There’s a thought-provoking post about social norms and privacy at Grace McDunnough’s blog, Phasing Grace: Upholding Social Norms
Reflecting upon my early Second Life social experiences and those today I see dramatic changes, especially related to social privacy. For example, part of the subtle but consistent reinforcement from the early community was that the separation between [...]

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As I am each third Tuesday, I will be at home tonight for conversation. Tonight’s topic takes the form of four questions:

By what am I enslaved?
What must I clean from my life in order to remember my inherent freedom?
What are the stories I tell that remind me of my freedom?
How do my stories lead me [...]

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It was a year ago that we held our first Quaker meeting for worship in [our favorite virtual world], and here we are, still meeting weekly, with a midweek meeting at a more Euro-friendly time getting started, and a beautiful meetinghouse on Sea Turtle Island, designed by Jon Seattle and Moon Adamant.

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Tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 January) evening at 5 p.m., SLT, Ormsby Hall on Little West Sniggery island in Caledon Murdann will once again be open for conversation. This month’s starting point is a poem by Christina Rossetti, the notable Pre-Raphaelite poet.
In the Bleak Midwinter (1872)
In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like [...]

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I recently made a commitment to lead worship services once a month at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Second Life, on third Thursdays at 6:30PM SLT and the following Saturdays at 6:00AM SLT. Unitarian Universalism affirms Seven Principles, and the document that lists them lists sources as well; I intend to touch upon these [...]

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