uyetsasgviwahya
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My Tagline:
Out, Loud, Native, and Proud!
My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, Worship, God, Afterlife, Interfaith issues, Biblical archaeology, History, Music, Books, Crafts, Environment, Holistic living, Recovery, Pets, Native American activism, issues, history, traditions, and religion; Spanish language and literature; immigration issues (I'm pro-immigrants); mysticism (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Native and Hindu);
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Favorite Books: The Bible (NRSV and NJPS): Bhagavad Gita; all of Vine Deloria's books; Paula Gunn Allen's books; Sherman Alexis' books; Clive Barker's and HP Lovecraft's books and horror books in general; Revelations of Divine Love; Eknath Easwaran's books; Abraham Joshua Heschel; books on biblical interpretation and theology (Jewish and Christian interpreters and theologians); John Wesley's writings; Mary Baker Eddy's books
Who Inspires Me:
Jesus; Krishna; my husband; my mom; Sequoyah; Chief John Ross; members of the American Indian Movement; Julian of Norwich; John Wesley; Martin Luther King Jr; Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Walter Bruggemann (Hebrew Bible scholar) and my Hebrew Bible prof. at Wesley, David Hopkins; Sharon Ringe, New Testament prof. at Wesley; Eknath Easwaran; Rev. Elder Troy Perry . . . oh, yeah, my cat and two dogs!
My organizations and affiliations:
American Indian Movement, American Indian Injustice and The Big Lie2 (Yahoo! groups; I'm a moderator of both)
My favorite spiritual activities:
Prayer, meditation, japa, reading scriptures of different religions, smudging, prayer with the pipe
Who I'm praying for:
All my Relations (traditional Native American expression meaning everyone and everything in Creation)
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Peaceful
What's your spiritual type?:
Confident Believer - I have found the right path and am fully committed to it.
About Me
As it says in my tagline: "I'm Out, Loud, Native, and Proud!" Specifically, I'm a gay Cherokee man, married (in Cambridge, Mass.) to a man for almost 6 years. I'm also a seminary student, Spanish tutor (and I speak Cherokee), and Native American activist. I'm looking for conversation, inspiration, and friends. Uyetsasgviwahya dawatoa tsalagi. (My Cherokee name is Laughingwolf.)
My Basics
Gender: Male
Occupation: Spanish tutor and seminary student
Relationship Status: Married
Faiths:
Native American/First Nations,
Faith Description: I combine my traditional Cherokee beliefs and traditions with my Christian beliefs, BUT my Cherokee lifeways inform any Christian beliefs. Thus, I am NOT a traditional Christian. I also love Judaism and Hinduism. They have helped me to see God and life in so many beautiful ways.
uyetsasgviwahya's Journal
Almost the end of the semester!
Posted: Apr 29, 2008 1:25 AM
Normally, I am almost sad to see the school year end at seminary. I normally enjoy my studies, meeting people, and learning new... (more)
Posted: Mar 15, 2008 6:42 PM
I entitled this entry "The Psalms (1)" because this probably won't be the first and last entry I'll make on the Psalms as... (more)
Posted: Mar 14, 2008 3:00 PM
During Holy Week, there are no classes at the seminary I attend. This gives me an opportunity not only to prepare for the church... (more)
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