Tag: spirituality
member name: Don L.
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October 17, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
Wisdom literature grew out of the experiences of the ancient peoples. They record the wisdom won by seekers after the meaning of life, often of an ethical or moral knowledge. Some of these sayings . . .
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October 04, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
In my childhood, my catholic grandmother gave me books to read that had once belonged to my aunts (including my mom). My favorite was Nancy Drew, the girl detective. I also started . . .
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December 14, 2007 11:08 PM EST --
David was someone I met in the early seventies when I dropped out of college and started hanging out with a gang of younger guys in the neighborhood. My sin or compulsion was to stay where I was at, and . . .
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December 18, 2007 04:16 PM EST --
I was home schooled in the "church". They sat me down with a manual to study and they would come back to test me. I was reading about the reactive mind and the clear mind. Good psychological . . .
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December 18, 2007 10:04 AM EST --
I received a call from the Church of Scientology in 1979. They were offering me a position on staff. This seemed a little strange because my previous contact involved only one meeting. But I needed a . . .
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August 02, 2008 07:07 PM EDT --
Note: This was actually a response to someone else, but I think it fits in nicely with my other posts, so I may as well share it here as well.
As usual, I'm joining the conversation long . . .
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December 29, 2007 09:15 AM EST --
In reading the Bible you will notice certain myths that are universal in world literature, but with an emphasis on the primacy of faith to understand the significance of these described events. I'm . . .
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January 12, 2008 11:14 PM EST --
I was approaching my eighteenth birthday. For most people that would be a joyous occasion in attaining all the rights of adulthood, but, in my case, it was only a feeling of dread. I seemed to have botched . . .
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January 02, 2009 12:06 AM EST --
When the Christmas trees and wreaths come down, do you experience a let down? Did you spend too much on presents this year? Are you worried about the New Year and what it may bring in way . . .
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October 04, 2007 05:31 AM EDT --
The reformer Martin Luther has been described as "the prophet of Protestantism and hero of the modern world, releasing it into responsibility before God, a Copernicus of the spirit, making God, not . . .
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December 07, 2007 09:39 PM EST --
I met the resurrected Abe Lincoln, 16th President of the United States! He was the featured speaker at a fathers and sons retreat that my home church sponsored. He had the features of Lincoln, including . . .
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December 29, 2007 09:45 AM EST --
Legend has it that as the Apostle Paul was praying in the temple of Artemis in Ephesus, the colossal statue crumbled to the ground. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, it took . . .
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March 31, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
My mother has been diagnosed with cancer.
She has cancer in her spine, in her liver, in her bones, in her lungs, in her colon and probably everywhere in her body according to the latest cat scans. . . .
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December 03, 2007 03:48 AM EST --
Advent is upon us. I like to remember a story from my youth that is true. It is hard to recall the exact details from this distance, but it hints at what we should be about at this time of season.
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December 14, 2007 10:47 AM EST --
"The power of sin is the law." (Sin gains its power from the law.)
What law is Paul speaking of in this scripture? Is the focus meant to be on the Old Testament law, which we associate . . .
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December 29, 2007 11:14 AM EST --
The value of your word is as a servant who came to his rich master with a gift in his palm.
"Can you change this mustard seed into a mountain of gold? asked he.
"No. But I believe . . .
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December 15, 2007 04:55 PM EST --
It was April 25th, 1981. Carny was getting married to Dan.
Carny was the girl I had met in the church library in March of 1979, on the sunday morning prior to the Christmas in April event . . .
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December 19, 2007 10:08 AM EST --
My 10 days were not going so well. We would read our manual and then attempt to achieve what it asked us to do. If it said don't be reactive to what the other person is doing, then you were supposed . . .
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