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Viva la tua vita.

About Me

http://beyondbeliefprogressivechristianity.blogspot.com/
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My Interests

I love the outdoors- hiking, swimming, running, chasing deer (haha!)- taking an insane amount of pictures, Starbucks coffee, listening to awesome music (Dar Williams & Indigo Girls), reading thought-provoking books, going to the theatre, visiting museums and historic landmarks, and meeting new people.

Music:

Dar Williams, Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Wyclef Jean, Ani DeFranco, The Beatles, Dave Matthews Band, Fatih Hill, Patti Griffin, Celine Dion, Elton John, Cher, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Enya, Enrigue Iglesias, Girlyman, Wicked Musical, Paul Simon, Fall Out Boy, Huffamoose, Il Divo, James Taylor, RENT Musical, Joni Mitchell, Josh Groban, Kate and CJ, K.D. Lang, Lighhouse, R.E.M., Simon & Garfunkel, Sublime, Tori Amos, PINK, Amy Grant, Andy Moore, Michael W. Smith, Annie Lennox, Barbra , Beech Boys, Coldplay, Don Moen, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Vincent, James Talor, Keith Urban, Michael Bolton, Paul McCartney, Blueman

Movies:

V for Vendetta, Poseidon, The Da Vinci Code, Nixon, Red Dragon, Meet Joe Black, Rent, Capote, Lorenzo's Oil, Transamerica, What About Bob, Brokeback Mountain, Fight Club, Father of the Bride, A Few Good Men, Saved, Mean Girls, Planet of the Apes, The Producers, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, The Great Outdoors, Uncle Buck, Titanic, Hotel Rwanda, School of Rock, Remains of the Day, Overboard, The Birdcage, The Passion of Christ

Television:

House, Boston Legal, The West Wing, Will and Grace, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, What Not to Wear, Fraiser, Smallville (However I don't have much time to watch tv, I have most of these on dvd sets. haha.)

Books:

Beyond Belief, Angela's Ashes, The Tempest, In Cold Blood, The History of the Goddess, Ishmael, The Divine Comedy, Narcissus and Goldmund, Eats Shots and Leaves, The Devil and Mrs. Prym, The Sins of Scripture, The Stranger, Confederacy of Dunces, Taking a Chance on God, Oranges are not the Only Fruit, My Ishmael, Jefferson Bible, The Gnostic Bible, The Da Vinci Code, Demian, The Desire of Ages, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Sophie’s World, Tuesdays With Morrie, The Prophet, The Zahir, The Ilaid, Hamlet, The Quest for God, Jesus and Buddha: the Parallel Sayings, Story of B, Merchant of Vencie, Angels and Demons, Moby Dick, To Kill A Mockingbird, Night, Pagan Christ, The Lord of the Rings, The Alchemist, Siddhartha, Brokeback Mountain, Alice in Wonderland, Candide, The Battle for God, Gay Theology Without Apology, The Tent of Abraham, Walden, The Story of Bees, The Kite Runner, Naked

My Blog

What Jesus Meant & Why Christians Fail to Follow Christ

Jesus didn't come to start a new religion. He was not a Christian, nor would he be one today. Isn't it interesting that the religion that claims so violently to follow after Christ, the "Prince of Pea...
Posted by COELHO on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:06:00 PST

A New Generation of Adventist Youth - LOVE

Seventh-day Adventists are a special people; I have come to know this from being a part of this vibrant faith community. At times Adventists can be taken by fundamentalism and literalism, but most Adv...
Posted by COELHO on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:53:00 PST

Strange Emotion

Attraction is a strange emotion. I don't believe that we can control who we are attracted to, that is a given fact of life. Our sexuality is grown and matured into just at our individuality and gende...
Posted by COELHO on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:15:00 PST

Feelings of Contentment

Wanting that which you cannot have seems to be a state of constant torment and torture for those who engage in such fruitless pursuits. The heart must be content with that in which it has; desire must...
Posted by COELHO on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:17:00 PST

Mountainside prophet: some perspective.

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.             &nbs...
Posted by COELHO on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:40:00 PST

Friendship Lost

"There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is...
Posted by COELHO on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:42:00 PST

Adventism Reconsidered (PART I)

-A Matter of Goals -   The fundamental tenets of Protestantism as I understand them are as follows: a rejection that tradition alone supercedes biblical teachings, a belief that all doctrinal te...
Posted by COELHO on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:31:00 PST

As Red Shifts to Blue

With a Democratic Congress to keep Mr. Bush under control, the GOP is going to face a tough time advancing its agenda of bigotry. The 2006 Midterm Elections were a referendum not only on Iraq and...
Posted by COELHO on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:51:00 PST

Oh so typical. . .

I refuse to become the stereotype of what people expect of me because of my identity. It is better to fight such false platitudes and inaccuracies. Homosexuality does not - in and of itself - require ...
Posted by COELHO on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:05:00 PST

Southern Adventist Univ. Homophobia

"For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world."- Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Catholic Hymn         &n bsp;   Christ...
Posted by COELHO on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:07:00 PST