"Broken Buddha" is the sixth book of stories by Meg Barnhouse. Meg Barnhouse is a Unitarian Universalist minister and singer-songwriter who writes about life with edgy humor and infectious hopefulness. Pick up this book and open it anywhere. Odds are good you’ll find a thought you’ve always felt you might be the only one thinking. She is to-the-bone honest and at the same time affectionate towards our human quirks and confusions. People have their own way of reading Barnhouse’s stories. Some devour the book and then give copies to their friends. Some people read these stories to each other in the car, Others read one story a night to end the day feeling right. What might you do?

Broken Buddha

Literature & Fiction

Barnhouse, Meg

Essays & Correspondence

Outlaw Hill

People who are in charge of many things sometimes get confused and begin to believe they should be in control of everything. The Grand Kokolorum 's beloved cat Henry is just the one to help him clear up his confusion in this matter. This is a tale for a wise child or for your favorite control freak! Author, songwriter and illustrator Meg Barnhouse is the minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin. She is the author of six books for adults and three CD's.

The Couch of the Grand Kokolorum

Mythology & Folk Tales

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Rock of Ages at the Taj Mahal: Unquiet Meditations [Paperback]

Christian Books & Bibles

Skinner House Books

In this collection of 40 essays, Meg Barnhouse writes about everyday events such as dropping stuff off at the thrift shop or watching TV with the kids--and she transforms them with her offbeat humor and infectious hopefulness. We meet characters like Julia Hill, who set up camp atop an old-growth redwood in order to stop the loggers: "Maybe she's a saint. Maybe she's nuts. I don't have to decide." And Mike, who parks his Chevy Silverado in vacant lots next to a homemade sign. On the day Barnhouse found him, his sign read: "Mom and Dad, are your children saved? The devil is after their souls." "One of my hobbies," Barnhouse says, "is talking to people who aren't going with the flow."
Barnhouse puts her faith in the Karma Fairy, who is "here to show us that we are not safe in our righteousness, our intelligence, our careful nutrition, our common sense, our hip and groovy walk in the Tao. She is here to give us deep, full hearts. She is here to show us that we have it in us to make as big a mess as the next person. If we are ever going to find a cure for self-righteousness, the root of all separation, of all cruelty, we need her touch."

Waking Up the Karma Fairy: Life Lessons and Other Holy Adventures

Religion & Spirituality

Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts

In her newest collection of essays, Barnhouse (Waking Up The Karma Fairy) writes about everyday events, rendering them spiritual. At Big Bill's U-Store, an auction of rummage items prompts Barnhouse to dream up an emotional baggage sale:
<ul><li>"Sweating strangers stand over piles of other people's sorrows and pain, along with my old resentments, worn stories of betrayal and missed chances. I pictured walking away from a pile of that baggage, leaving it there on the hot asphalt."</li></ul>
Drawing from both her personal experience and her insights as a minister and therapist, Barnhouse urges readers to let go of regrets and stress about the future and to surrender to circumstance during times of conflict. Her motto: Don’t just do something, stand there. 
Barnhouse’s humorous and hopeful message is that faith in family, friends, and one’s self, rather than sudden actions, provides the guidance necessary to weather life’s problems and personal struggles.

Did I Say That Out Loud?: Musings from a Questioning Soul

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

The Rock of Ages at the Taj Mahal

Contemporary

Createspace Independent Pub

"In a series of stories from author and UU minister Meg Barnhouse's life, "Seeds" compassionately calls all of us who struggle in our semi-planned, chaotic lives. Along the way, she's brave, personal, and revealing with her journey among the deep loamy questions of the spirit: How do I want to live? What do I believe? And what do we owe one another? I found myself mmm-hmmm-ing throughout. If you've ever had a tree for a friend, wondered if you f'd it up somehow with [name your kids, parents, ex, partner, friends, God/dess], or tried to make sense of Meaning with a capital M-this one's for you." Duana C. Welch, Ph.D., Author of the "Love Factually" books

Seeds of A Spirited Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Westview Press

Four commentators from the Carolinas' popular public radio program, Radio Free Bubba, are included in this collection of social commentary that is passionate, humorous and offbeat. No subject is off-limits to these kinder and gentler Bubbas, who address everything from pizza delivery and permanent waves to tabloids and war toys. Bubbas writing about the protecting the planet? About foster parenthood, feeding the hungry and feminism? About love, tolerance and sharing what you find at the dumpster? Only in The Best of Radio Free Bubba!

The Best of Radio Free Bubba

Jobe, Pat

Taylor, Kim

Phillips, Gary

Hub City Press

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