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• How hard is your Christian Life?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, August 12, 2016
  As we live our daily lives, we find that over the years there have been very good times and very hard or bad times with every day struggles thrown in. Perhaps you’ve raised a family, a loving spouse, perhaps children, family pets all whom you’ve loved very much. You pray to God regularly...

• Healing Prayers

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, January 17, 2016
  When we think of the saying "Gods Healing" what comes to mind for you? Well for the longest time my thought was " if I pray for healing or lay hands for healing, God will heal them" In a great many cases that was indeed true. But I came to realize that in a great many cases said persons died. So I t...
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• Curious about Popularity

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, January 11, 2016
  This is something I have been curious about for some time now having been a member here for 2 + years now. We all see on the right hand side of our main page the popular section of the site. This is where it would seem who the most popular members of the site are. Now I am going to assume this has t...
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• Reconsidering Compassion.

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, December 15, 2015
  In the past few months I am sure we have all heard, talked about or gotten involved in one way or another about or with the Syrian refugee crisis. We have seen pictures, news accounts and reports about millions fleeing the conflict there. The first to see this was Turkey, then Hungary and then the r...
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• Social Media, Responsible Journalism?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, November 18, 2015
  Since the bombings in Paris and Beirut in the last week or so, the world has been bombarded by News media reporting on the events as they took place. We also saw an explosion of social media activity. We have also seen once again a googleplex of personal opinion on those events. We know that mainstr...
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• Sometimes the answer is No!

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, October 7, 2015
  Prayer is not something that I and my fellow Christians corner the market on. People of many faiths pray for many reasons. Some pray for health, theirs and for that of others. Some pray for a good harvest, Landing a good job, and well you get the gist.  When those things that we pray for, turn ...
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• Earth and the Bible

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, September 18, 2015
  We all hear very often about being created by God. How He created us in His image. We seldom,yet more often than years past, hear or discuss His creation which allows us as humans to survive and thrive. Our Planet...That's right, good old Terra Firma. We know from our biblical texts, namely Genesis ...

• This Video is so true..from 1969

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, July 3, 2015
  https://video-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpf1/v/t42.1790-2/762630_577594198928415_38072312_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjQzMywicmxhIjoxMTIzfQ%3D%3D&rl=433&vabr=241&oh=0ec8030b835cb71bc13c12ff0afa35cb&oe=5596ECC1
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• Omaha Mourns

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, May 21, 2015
  There are no riots in Omaha for a murdered Police officer. Rest in Peace Officer Kerrie Orozco The city is in Mourning.....

• Why do YOU post Here on the ULCM?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, April 11, 2015
  I as well as a great many members of the ULCM post on the main page directly or post in blog format on a very wide range of topics. We also have a wide range of reasons as to why we post here. For some of us, it is because of the interaction with friends we have made during our time here and merely ...
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• The Borders of Peace

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, March 20, 2015
  My wife and I watched a program on the television tonight that really opened my eyes to a situation that has been a powder keg for 2000 + years now. The show was called “Breaking Borders” and was aired on the Travel Channel (US) and on DTour (Canada). In brief the program takes place and...
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• The New Christian Crusades?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, March 11, 2015
  By looking at the title of this writing I’ll bet the first thing that pops into your mind is Christians fighting a holy war against Islam right? Well if I were writing about history of religion and present day fighting in the Middle East against Isis, Al Qaeda and the Taliban you would be corr...
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• Gifted or Cursed?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, February 26, 2015
  Have you ever had that moment when you know you have seen someplace before, though you have never been? Have you looked into a History book, or been surfing the web, and seen a face you could swear that you have seen before, yet think it impossible because the picture is of someone who died 200 year...
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• A Free Thinking Christian

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, February 21, 2015
  When I write blogs I generally write based on my observation and mostly of my opinion. On this one however I am going to write from my point of view. That makes this blog different and much more personal. I do not intend offense to anyone, but merely to put out there what my stance is of my Christia...
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• The New Frontier

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, February 20, 2015
  The New Frontier The New Frontier, what is it? CHANGE! Parting ways with dogma, intolerance, ignorance,arrogance and non-acceptance. That is a lot to part ways with isn’t it? It is indeed! We need to look at what we are working towards, which for me personally here in this organization is Int...
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• Interfaith Ministry, Are We up to the Task?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, January 12, 2015
  This blog is sure to anger a good many people, though its not my intention to do so, though, I will face the fact of that reality. Two evenings ago here on this site was a cold reminder that in this Interfaith Ministry, there is much work to be done. As in any other Community, we are faced with the ...
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• Is it What It Is?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, January 7, 2015
  Is it What It It? or I should say, Is this site what it claims to be? In my Observation over the past year, I have come to think that fellow Member Ophi Ophiuchus sums it up in his greetings to new members. " Welcome to our Merry band of Misfits" Now please, don't misconstrue or misunderstand my mea...
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• 1st Sunday of Advent...

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, November 30, 2014
  The season of Advent is the beginning of the Christian Liturgical Year. Thus representing the leading up of and the Birth of Christ. 4th Century France is where this observance began and lasted 4 to 7 weeks. In the 6th Century the Bishop of Rome had set the duration to 4 weeks, and the observance of...

• Spiritual Security and Faith

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, November 29, 2014
  If There is one thing that I have learned in my 50 + years on this Planet is that there is a broadening Spirituality and Faith, brought on, not only by diversity, but by need. Let's face it, one size does not fit all ! One other thing I have noticed in my studies, teachings and research of my own pa...

• What's with our Youth ?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, November 12, 2014
  What is happening with the Youth of this Generation ? Or better yet, What is with the Parents Raising them ? I ask these to important questions because, Cindy and I were out driving on Monday and happened to be following a School Bus. In the last two seats of the Bus were 3 young girls, by young I...
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• The Greatest Stories Ever Told....

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, November 1, 2014
  First of all, this blog is my point of view on the topic I chose to write about. I am sure that a lot of folks here will disagree, some might agree, yet that is life as we know it. Like myself, I'm sure that most of us here were told stories of how we came to be. How the Earth came to be spinning ar...
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• Why are we here?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, October 21, 2014
  Why are we here? Perplexing question isn't it? Complicated as well perhaps. If we think about it, we ask this of ouselves this quite often. For example, we get to the grocery, and suddenly.....Why am I here? We go to a party we really didn't want to go to ......and ask Why am I here? That very s...
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• Mary Magdalene; Prostitute, Saint...Wife?

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, October 18, 2014
  Mary Magdalene, A female figure in the bible associated with Christ, along with Joanna, Susanna and several others. It is said that the Women provided for them ( the 12) out of their means...I would think that to mean wealth or property. Anyway, Mary Magdalene was supposed to have been driven out of...
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• Marriage and the Medicine Wheel

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, September 30, 2014
  Having been recently married, I found I wanted to make something for my beautiful new Wife, that represented my feelings not only for her, I also wanted to share my feelings about our marriage.   Some of you know both myself and my new Bride Cindy from here on the site, what you don't know is...
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• Fear

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, September 25, 2014
  Fear, what is it? Well let's see. The Oxford dictionary has many definitions for it, but let's break it down to key words. 1) Unpleasant emotion, 2) Anxiety, 3) Apprehension...and there is more, but I think we all get the drift. We all have experienced it at some point in our lives. As humans it is ...
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• Instinct and Need

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, September 8, 2014
  I woke up early this morning and went outside to watch the Beautiful Canadian Sunrise and saw a Cat walking along the grass line. I could tell right off it was on the hunt. This Cat was obviously someone's pet. It had a flea collar on as well as a leash collar. Not to mention that it was pretty fat,...
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• Faith, Belief and Contridiction

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, August 24, 2014
  To start I would like to say that I am not posting this to offend anyone. This is my point of view only.   This Morning my Wife and I ( Cindy ) had a discussion over coffee @ 0600 UGH..on Sunday .....really?   Our discussion was about Christians ( Clergy in point ) but I believe it fits...
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• For All

  by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM, August 3, 2014
  I woke up this morning and watched the Sun rise, so very beautiful as it always is. I grabbed my camera and adapted the Solar filters to it and snapped off a few shots. Apon reviewing the photo's I noticed someething. There is no writing apon it. So I went to the multitude of pictures I have taken o...
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