Wordless Wednesday #2

February 27, 2007

A lone tree, with the hori­zon in the dis­tance.
Reminded me of myself.

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Blog Your Blessings Sunday

February 25, 2007

Today I am thank­ful for the many tal­ented, cre­ative peo­ple who inspire me. One of them is Alice Walker, author of one of my all-time favorite books, “The Color Pur­ple.” There is a very inter­est­ing inter­view with Ms. Walker at beliefnet. She talks about her new book, “We Are the Ones We Have Been Wait­ing For: Inner […]

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ELCA finally do the right thing?">Will the ELCA finally do the right thing?

February 24, 2007

Gay Rul­ing Poses Tough Ques­tions for Luther­ans By Kather­ine BoyleReli­gion News Ser­vice WASHINGTON — The Evan­gel­i­cal Lutheran Church in Amer­ica may be asked to change a ban on prac­tic­ing gay and les­bian clergy after a dis­ci­pli­nary com­mit­tee voted to remove an openly gay pas­tor but sug­gested the church find a way to rein­state him. The rul­ing called for the […]

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The Second Agreement

February 23, 2007

Until now, I have not had time to get back to my dis­cus­sion of “The Four Agree­ments” that I began in the post below enti­tled “Sticks and Stones.” I emphat­i­cally rec­om­mend this book. It is a gem, filled with affirm­ing and uplift­ing guid­ance for liv­ing a bal­anced, healthy life.The Four Agree­ments, again, are: Be Impec­ca­ble with Your Word Don’t Take […]

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Thursday Thirteen #1: Thirteen Ways and Places to Worship

February 22, 2007

It is not nec­es­sary, of course, to be inside a par­tic­u­lar struc­ture in order to wor­ship the Divine Cre­ator. And, in fact, as the Amer­i­can Her­itage Dic­tio­nary def­i­n­i­tion set forth above shows, the act of wor­ship­ing does not involve any par­tic­u­lar action or behav­ior. Wor­ship­ping can be as sim­ple as hon­or­ing and lov­ing the Divine Cre­ator which is some­thing I do, con­sciously or sub­con­sciously, every moment of every day.

Here are thir­teen of the ways and places that I have been wor­ship­ping since flee­ing the insti­tu­tional church:

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Blog Your Blessings Sunday

February 18, 2007

Today being Sun­day, I again enjoyed some time to myself engag­ing in my own form of wor­ship. As I was doing so, my thoughts went to the one and only per­son from my for­mer con­gre­ga­tion that I can truly say I miss.So today, he is the focus of my post about my blessings.

The gen­tle­man in ques­tion is 81 years young and I don’t use that cliché lightly. He not only appears and moves as though he is much younger than his chrono­log­i­cal age, he is truly “young at heart” and in spirit. He always has a hug, and words of affir­ma­tion and inspi­ra­tion for those around him.

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Sound Byte Saturday #1

February 17, 2007

My first con­tri­bu­tion to Sound Byte Sat­ur­day is one of my all-time favorite songs by John Michael Tal­bot, “Come, Wor­ship the Lord.”

You can lis­ten by click­ing on that selec­tion in the mp3 player in the sidebar.

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Not Just Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2007

If you are inter­ested in read­ing about St. Trifun’s Day (Feb­ru­ary 14), pay a visit to zzz’s cre­ative mess. You’ll learn a lot!

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