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  • Appalachian Pagan Ministry update

    Posted February 28, 2016 by Rev. Donna Donovan

    On Feb 26th, Minerva and Rev Donna led an Imbolc ritual at Lakin Correctional. The ritual was originally scheduled to be held on Feb 11th, but Rev Donna had to undergo some emergency gallbladder surgery, setting our schedule back a bit. The ritual went quite well, with several of the ladies particip...

  • Robotic Empathy

    Posted February 27, 2016 by Tony Villari

    I happened across this YouTube video, thanks to a dear friend, Atlas, the Next Generation.  I have a long affinity for anything robotic since my first encounter with them in the science fiction movies of the fifties.  I think my first memory is the 1954 film, Tobor the ...

  • Forgiveness - The Baptism

    Posted February 26, 2016 by Scott Bruno

    Forgivness and forgiving is what we should all know more about, we should even be taught the way of forgiveness somewhere within our education as we grow up. Forgiveness is such an important factor in getting closer to our creator that I have been told it is the first step in becoming much more clos...

  • Visibility: Ten Miles, Unobstructed

    Posted February 25, 2016 by Tony Villari

    I'm sitting at a four way stop in the middle of the desert, wondering to myself why there is a four way stop in the middle of a desert with miles of clear, unobstructed view.  Where's the massive traffic the highway safety board seems so concerned over?  What is more confusing is why the...

  • To Walk the Jesus Walk

    Posted February 21, 2016 by Scott Bruno

      In my vast study of humanities religions I came up with a rather interesting quote for the Christians as a whole, it reads as such:   "Its time to stop the Jesus talk, and begin to Walk the Jesus Walk." (See, when you walk the Jesus walk by, "doing it" you attract things that are "...

  • Beware of the Children

    Posted February 20, 2016 by Tony Villari

    Beware of the children. Have you seen them? Their eyes seem as wide as saucers from ingesting mass quantities of various energy drinks. Their fingers have a nervous twitch developed from hours of online gaming and texting. When they congregate, which is rare, they do so in small groups, dressing som...

  • Discovering the Cycles of the Moon

    Posted February 17, 2016 by Mystic Angel

    As usual, things pop in my head when I am not focused on it and when I want it to come, my mind remains blank! As I'm drifting to sleep is often a time when it comes, ironically when I'm to tired to write these things down, but that's ok, because this time I remembered the main idea.  I have be...

  • 40 Acre Blues (The Child)

    Posted February 17, 2016 by Jay Olson

    Sometimes the fields are rocky and rough with many a row to hoe. With stones and weeds that block the path--how will the garden grow? The path is dry and tough as nails--it seems too hard to try. Will any plant grow from this packed, dry soil--beneath such a dreary sky? I’ve often wonder...

  • The Most Important Day

    Posted February 16, 2016 by Tony Villari

    The most important day in your life is the day you decide you are good enough for you.  That's the day you set yourself free.  That's the day you begin to love yourself and to understand it is okay for things to be all about you.  Loving others can be all about you.  Loving God c...

  • Thermonuclear Vacation

    Posted February 16, 2016 by Jay Olson

    I am the sun, don't get in my way--I am the warmth--I light your day. My heat is hot as fire and my light a beacon to your way. I live in space above the clouds--the rain I do not fear. Whene'er I choose I bring my heat to planets far or near. The days and years are marked by all my travels in...

  • Don't Be Fooled, God Is All You Need

    Posted February 14, 2016 by Rev. Harley Schwartz

    Don't Be Fooled, God Is All You Need What do you do when you’ve tried everything, but nothing seems to work? Frustration has a way of tempting us to try just about anything to heal a sickness, solve a financial problem, mend a broken heart, or get piece of mind. When we reach the point of des...

  • Forgetting to Look Up? You,re not alone!

    Posted February 14, 2016 by Rev. Harley Schwartz

    Have you ever faced the unknown alone? Being alone is an awkward feeling. Most of us feel better when we face a situation in the company of those who make them feel safe and secure. When we are alone, fear sets in and anxiety is heightened. When we are alone, we feel uncomfortable. We f...

  • Some insight for the ones who are struggling.

    Posted February 14, 2016 by Rev. Harley Schwartz

    Our lives are filled with a variety of circumstances. Those that are positive and fulfilling we generally describe as our "ups." Those that are negative and unrewarding we generally describe as our "downs." We have found that life is filled with ups and downs, good times and bad times, successes...

  • A Rambling on Consideration of Dis-Appearance

    Posted February 14, 2016 by Tony Villari

    The building is yellow with white trim, fairly narrow, with six floors of apartments on top of a ground floor bakery.  Color, shape, size, and function; we look at a building, at architecture, and we make a judgment, from a distance, as to whether we like it or not.  Would we purchase it? ...

  • Rest in Peace

    Posted February 12, 2016 by Tony Villari

    What will people say about you when you've died?  What will your epitaph say?  When it comes right down to it, why do you give a fig what it says, or what people think - you're dead!  If you cared what they thought you would have lived your life like you cared and there...

  • The Placebo Effect Witnessed in Religion

    Posted February 10, 2016 by Lloyd Hargrove

      The Placebo Effect, once categorized as merely fooling some people into believing they feel better by some power of suggestion, continues to amaze researchers by demonstrating real power to cure an increasing variety of medical conditions. This would appear to be a coaxing of resources other...

  • I'm Ordained! Now What?

    Posted February 8, 2016 by Rev. Michael Daily

    Mission: To open a Dialogue about being Ordained and what that means. It is My understanding that Ordained ULC Ministers can do every religious duty as any other Ordained Minister.  If that's the case, then what you do with your ordination is as vast, and as varied as religion itself.  S...

  • The Faceless

    Posted February 6, 2016 by Tony Villari

    They are as faceless as they are nameless. I think, as you get older, it gets worse, this thing called recognition. Soon the faces run together like too much paint on a canvas. White, black, yellow, red, pretty soon one person looks like another and there are over 7,324,782,225 of them to taunt our ...

  • Prayer

    Posted February 5, 2016 by Rev. Tony Weir

    It doesn't matter how much time we spend here, working sleeping and eating, but that time that we all need to think about is stopping just to pray.  When we stop to pray, we do look everything that god has done for us, and we get closer to him. For those of us who stop and pray, I could almos...

  • Internet, Enter Evil?

    Posted February 5, 2016 by Tony Villari

    Mankind has such capacity for good, and yet we constantly strive to foment evil in our lives.  You don't agree with this comment?  Consider those that do not want internet rules and controls.  Why not?  Why not protect society from criminal, evil, and immoral practices which the ...

  • #Positive Energy

    Posted February 3, 2016 by Denise Swartz

    I believe that positive thinking and energy is the way to try to live a happy life. I meditate with prayer to thank God everyday. Occasionally I do ask for help. Such as yesterday. I took my dog for a walk on our hill. My ear started to get cold so I pulled my scarf around my head. As I continued th...

  • Taking the Scenic Route

    Posted February 3, 2016 by Jay Olson

    This is the place that I have taken my rest--this is where my head doth lie. My mind has taken vacation but my spirit has learned to fly. I have left my body behind me; along with its aches and its pain. I might be gone for a little while but I will return again like the rain. It may be a lo...

  • Blog Test 1

    Posted February 1, 2016 by Bishop Dale Day Hudson

    Stand by, testing blog writing & publishing status! 

  • Middle Ground

    Posted January 30, 2016 by Tony Villari

    All the definitions for "middle ground" seem to mean essentially the same thing.  When it comes to relationships, the "halfway" or "neutral" standpoint comes into play.   I have never been a fan of the neutral standpoint.  It is noncommittal and evidences fear to take a stand one way ...

  • Monastery Life

    Posted January 29, 2016 by NCO, Father Carl

    I felt the need to write this blog because for a while now I have just kept my mouth shut and watched things go on and on here on the ULC Monastery.   People here used to get along with each other for the most part, Yes there were arguments but in the end they stayed friends with each other, ...

  • Hello From the Outside

    Posted January 28, 2016 by Kenny Sallee

    Hello From the Outside (How The Church Fails and Forgets Those Who Leave) By John Pavlovitz Many large churches have a door problem. The problem, is that they’re all about the front door; the curb appeal, the efficient parking attendants, the effervescent sidewalk greeting team, the beautif...

  • Will try to return

    Posted January 27, 2016 by Brian Woodward

    This evening is the first day out of the hospital.  To much to go into, so I won't try.  I think I have my focus back.  The thinking brain is catching fire.  I love God, His Son and the Holy Ghost.  I found believers where I didn't expect them.  I think God was sending ...

  • On a Cold Winters Eve

    Posted January 26, 2016 by Jay Olson

    A memory hidden deep within the creases of my mind, Came slashing with a crispness that I seldom, now days, find. Zipping eights and flying crystal gave me quite a chill. Flying over frozen ponds--a most delightful thrill. A mug of steaming cocoa, I hold...

  • Who You Are

    Posted January 26, 2016 by Tony Villari

    "Where you're from determines who you are." Heard this commercial? Who comes up with this pseudo psychobabble? If we accept this, then if you grow up in the ghetto, you are, therefore, the ghetto. You from a welfare family, therefore you'll always be on welfare. You're a white from Mississippi; ther...

  • A Simple Message of Trust

    Posted January 23, 2016 by Mystic Angel

     Faith is making the choice to trust in that which can't be seen.  This has been one of the hardest lessons I have ever had to learn. It's funny because a little over a decade ago, I thought I mastered the art of faith, but what I realized is that I completely forgot what faith meant. Mos...

  • Parenthood Stolen

    Posted January 21, 2016 by Tony Villari

    What can be worse than a child losing a parent, or having a parent that is never there?  Perhaps it's being the parent and losing your rights to exercise the fact, or being a parent and not realizing the joy of parenthood until the time has passed you by.  How about when all of this pertai...

  • Kingdom Come - The time is Now

    Posted January 21, 2016 by Scott Bruno

    Kingdom Come? That is to say, "The Kingdom of Heaeven coming to earth??!!?". YES!! It now becomes more possible than ever! The question begs to ask though, will you choose it?   So in essence it is but a mere choice is, heaven. It begins at the individual level of each person, within each of ...

  • 20 Paces is a Long Way

    Posted January 18, 2016 by Jay Olson

    Ready to write at the drop of a hat--six pens he kept on his side. His pockets were filled with refills--his notebook margins were wide. There was always a piece of paper, or two, in the back of the pants he wore. "Be ready to write at the drop of a hat." was the oath ...

  • New Chapter in Life

    Posted January 17, 2016 by Valerie Weston-Bell

    If is a wonderful opportunity to deliver and participate in a couples Union of togetherness. To witness the happiness, joy and love that will be shared on their special day of marriage. All the Best!

  • Healing Prayers

    Posted January 17, 2016 by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM,

    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...

  • Making a Difference: A Big One?

    Posted January 17, 2016 by Tony Villari

      Ever feel like you're not making a difference in the world - a big difference?  I had to think about this one, because Lori's statement, in the opening quote, gave me pause.  Her desire is, no doubt, laudable, but...damn!  "My plate is full, no doubt, but it can hand...

  • Pie Crust

    Posted January 16, 2016 by Tony Villari

    Give me a choice between a sugary, fattening, fruit pie or a warm, savory, meat pie... I will always take the latter, especially if it has both top and bottom crusts.  Even during my stint in Mexico, I looked forward to finding my basket toting vendor, selling his savory, handheld mea...

  • Love comes from God

    Posted January 16, 2016 by Kenny Sallee

    Love is what the Christian religion is really all about. Let's read what the Bible says about Love. The Greatest Commandment Matthew 22:37-39 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second i...

  • Twenty-eight Degrees

    Posted January 15, 2016 by Jay Olson

    On these cold winter days, so short and harsh, You may long for the springtime to come. Enjoy the cold day that you have my friend. With crispness that leaves your cheeks numb. Spring will come in its own good natured time. Or spring will not come at all. The time that we have is the ...

  • Meditation for FRIDAY, January 15, 2016

    Posted January 15, 2016 by Kenny Sallee

    Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought us in safety to this new day: Preserve us with your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin, nor be overcome by adversity; and in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Hebrews 3:13 ...

  • Night Maneuvers

    Posted January 14, 2016 by Jay Olson

    I gazed upon the moonlight and walked beneath the stars. I saw the dark above me--I saw the dark afar. The stillness of the evening calmed my trembling soul. I waited with a baited breath to hear the midnights toll. The owl and fox are on their way--creatures of the night. Silence sings i...

  • depression is for real

    Posted January 11, 2016 by Elder Sioux Chief, Gary Hare

    it sneaks up on you from behind... it is always entwined in you, laughing at you... it only vanishes when u are not looking... it sneaks in your food when you are cooking... the little pill i take keeps it at bay... but i still want to cry anyway ...

  • Curious about Popularity

    Posted January 11, 2016 by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM,

    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...

  • When Time Comes

    Posted January 11, 2016 by Jay Olson

    When the questions stop and answers are no longer needed. Silence will fill the space once held hostage to the sound. Leaves will no longer fall from the tree. Nevermore to blow in the wind. The howling sound that will now fill your ears comes from within. The black of night will last far bey...

  • On the subject of Homosexuality and Same Sex Marriage

    Posted January 10, 2016 by Rev. Chris Pickens

    by #RevChrisPickens The Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have traditionally forbidden sodomy, believing and teaching that such behavior is sinful. Today some denominations within these religions are accepting of homosexuality and inclusive of homosexual people, such ...

  • On the subject of men with long hair

    Posted January 10, 2016 by Rev. Chris Pickens

    by #RevChrisPickens It was thought that having long hair was a disgrace to men. Please turn to 1 Corinthians 9:1 and notice the Apostle Paul states in this verse that he has seen the Lord. Two chapters later in 11:14-15 he states,"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have lon...

  • WHAT ARE WE REALLY LOOKING AT: REALITY OR OUR MINDS ALONE?

    Posted January 10, 2016 by Dr. Ramon G. Rivera

    WE ARE GOD'S OFFSPRING....HOWEVER IMPERFECT,DYSFUNCTIONAL ANDIGNORANT.....WE ARE HIS FAMILY. AFTER READING AND SEEINGIN MY MINDS EYESWHAT HE'S DONE FOR US,I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THATIT'S ONLY ABOUT WHATOUR LIMITED MINDSCAUSE US TO BELIEVEFROM JUST READING. IT'S EVEN GREATER ANDMORE EXPANSIVE THANWHA...

  • I am anonymous.

    Posted January 10, 2016 by Jeff Roberts

    I am anonymous. I am male, I am unemployed and seemingly unemployable because try as I might, no one cares. I am alone, my friends have their own problems, my family too. I am not on drugs, I am not an alcoholic and I have no criminal record nor have I ever been arrested, detained or even looked at...

  • The Quiet Noise

    Posted January 9, 2016 by Jay Olson

    I can hear the silence--it cuts like a surgeons blade. The emptiness echoes throughout the land--through every valley and glade. Time stands still as the fresh fallen snow settles on frozen tree. The wind stands down like an army at rest--a beautiful sight to ...

  • To accept no labels

    Posted January 9, 2016 by Douglas Person

    I have been asked many times if I accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior, am I a Christian, do I believe the Bible is indeed the word of God.  My answer, in other times, would have me burned at the stake.  I would be shunned as a heretic and banished from society.  Because my answe...

  • The beginning of all - a perspective

    Posted January 9, 2016 by Douglas Person

    Before all that we see and know and have learned from the thousands of years we have walked this Earth and looked into the heavens with wonder existed, there was God and God was perfect. By His choice and by his own touch, a point in the perfect space/time of his being broke open and a universe came...

  • The Universalist Persepctive

    Posted January 9, 2016 by Douglas Person

    All “Abrahamic” religions, and perhaps others as well, focus on a judgmental and even angry God that must be pleased. What if God didn’t care about all these nuances? What if all religions see only an imperfect reflection of the same God?  What if even religions with multiple ...

  • My Pledge to God for Winning the MegaMillions

    Posted January 8, 2016 by Reverend Giovano 'Koala' Fusco

    My Pledge to God for Winning the MegaMillions 1st find a Lawyer 2nd Claim Prize 3rd Contact IRS with Lawyer pay taxes on Winnings 4th Pay Lawyer for services n pay a retainer fee 5th Contact Alive church - pastor Nelson Ferrer Contact Missionaries n their Mission President have them all ...

  • Rev Carl

    Posted January 7, 2016 by carl lupp

    Nees a minister to marry my fiance and I in clearwater fla on beach on the 21st of march carl 8144348421

  • Pre-Marriage Counseling

    Posted January 7, 2016 by Kenny Sallee

    WEDDING OFFICIANTS - Do you require that your couples complete pre-marital counseling before you preform their wedding? I do. Pre-marriage counseling isn't intended to be a screening process to determine whether your couples are a good match. They've already made the decision to marry. Premarital co...

  • Stress

    Posted January 7, 2016 by Tony Villari

    There are other things I cannot abide in my life that will cause me stress. One is that I abhor people who think they're smart enough to use me without me knowing their doing it, including "friends," family, and people saying they "love" me. If they're succeeding, it's only because I have allowed it...

  • Be Advised

    Posted January 6, 2016 by Jay Olson

    I listened to the whippoorwill as I closed my eyes to sleep. I dreamed about the soaring birds--I've dreamed in slumber deep. The lilting tunes of the mourning dove awoke me with the dawn. The early bird will get the worm as the dew lies on the lawn. Dreams of love and dreams of war have trave...

  • The Prophet of the Age

    Posted January 5, 2016 by Scott Bruno

    I have something very important to share with you and at a very important time in humanities spiritual evolution. We have now had 2100 years to learn from the Christ teachings and as he himself shared with you that now it is time to begin to embrace the next phase in our collective advancement....

  • At Summers End

    Posted January 5, 2016 by Jay Olson

    While walking along the road of life there is much we will see and hear. Some sights will lift our spirits high and others will bring us a tear. It is easy to smile when the birds will sing and fragrances fill the air. It is what you do when the rain...

  • Marriage Blessing

    Posted January 4, 2016 by James Doster, RN, MS, CHC

    This is my first blog on here!  Hopefully, there will be more, but I am in graduate school so I will try during breaks. I wanted to share an overwhelming emotion I had last Friday 1/1/16. Ordained last December, I have so far officiated eight weddings. Seven of them in Texas and one in Georgia...

  • I am wondering...

    Posted January 4, 2016 by Reverend Giovano 'Koala' Fusco

    I am wondering if Trump is running to get rid of candidates that could really do something then it would be between Trump n another Bush; aren't the Bush family friends with Trump??? Which makes me wonder if all the Trump bull is to get support away from the others so Bush can win n we would have an...

  • Persuading to Believe?

    Posted January 4, 2016 by Tony Villari

    Science will never be able to disprove the existence of God as long as all the proof they continue to accumulate strengthens the belief that there is, in fact, a supreme power at work in the universe.  What name science gives this power is of little consequence to the true person of faith who w...

  • Identity Check

    Posted January 3, 2016 by Jay Olson

    Who am I? And what am I doing?--it's a question I quite often hear. The answer I give is the truth as I see it--though the meaning is never real clear. Don't ask me for things that can never be proved--there is only so much I can give. Everyo...

  • Reaching out...

    Posted January 3, 2016 by Jeff Roberts

    I am reaching out to you, my fellow bretheren of Universal life. I am reaching out in hope that there is another out there could benefit from my life goal at this time. I am in San Diego, California and I am existing, supporting myself minimally through a delivery sales job, door to door mostly tha...

  • An Ode To My Shepherd

    Posted January 1, 2016 by Michael Clavarino

    To my dearest friendA shepherd in this valley of darknessA fellow leperA former criminalAn entity not quite humanNot a magician, nor a lunaticA specimen entirely uniqueOne that marches to the beat of his own drumsNot only are they drums, but an orchestraCapable of music both sinister and righteousJo...

  • Good by 2015

    Posted December 31, 2015 by (Brother)Brenten Stevens

    (Brother)Brenten Stevens: The last 365 revolutions of out tiny blue marble are near ending . As we pass this point a new time is upon us . I pray all of you are motivated to to pay forward those who are in need , any tangible need as much as spiritual . Do soemthing that will change even one life th...

  • Just Walk Away

    Posted December 30, 2015 by Tony Villari

    There comes a time when one has to throw up their hands in surrender at trying to deal with those whose only mission would seem to be clouding our happiness.  Sometimes they aren't even aware they're doing it and even in their denial in their denial they can manage to magnify the drama several ...

  • A Praying Challenge

    Posted December 30, 2015 by Scott Bruno

    You might be surprised by the amount of things that you need, want and assume that become yours without your even thinking about who or what it may have taken to become yours. While within anything that one may attain during their lifetime there exists a network of roads that made it all come togeth...

  • God working in me.

    Posted December 30, 2015 by John Amoroso Jr.

    It truly amazes me how God works in my life. On December 28, 2015 I wrote something that touched a lot of people on Facebook and I hope that message continues to touch people. Here is what I wrote... Life has so many challenges that we all forget what the most important thing is... and that thing i...

  • Unlock your power: Sights and sounds

    Posted December 28, 2015 by Gordon Stevens

    Unlock your power: Sights and sounds -- Introduction to a difficult subject, but a very important oneIf I said to you that sex can feel great, you would almost certainly believe me because it has been documented and vigorously studied trillions of times, across many species. In order to sell somet...

  • Unlock your power: Reasoning & Critical Thinking

    Posted December 28, 2015 by Gordon Stevens

    Unlock your power: Ease the journey of effective reasoning and critical thinking -- Word on books and raw cost:I do not usually recommend books because quite frankly they cost a metric load of cash to purchase, and I have experienced the financial bludgeoning at full tilt speed. Books for a semeste...

  • Fireside: On the origin of everything

    Posted December 27, 2015 by Gordon Stevens

    Fireside: On the origin of everything Foreword: I am not big on blogging, but it is long time I put this to digital print. Imagine you and I sitting together in rocking chairs under warm blankets in front of a roaring fire, sipping warm drinks. You turn to me in a relaxed state, then a quizzical l...

  • Online Ministry "Friends" and "Followers"

    Posted December 27, 2015 by Tony Villari

    When you run an online business, you do so hoping that your bottom line, your profits, grows exponentially.  It is, after all, a business.  Spirituality, religious belief, and faith, however, are not a business.  Televangelists have tried very hard to make it one without admitting to ...

  • Bishop Consecration to Europe 2014

    Posted December 26, 2015 by Archbp Leonardo Marin Saavedra

    7th Year Anniversary ''New Creation''Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk, Bonheiden, Belgium Principal Consecration Bishop The Most Rev. Leonardo Marin-Saavedra

  • Everyone is equal

    Posted December 24, 2015 by Lisa McGill

    Hello.  I don't think I've blogged before so please bear with me... Firstly I'd like to tell you that I am an atheist.  Funny that there is a word for it.  I don't believe in fairies either but there isn't a word for that. Now, I'm sure you're wondering why I went and became a minis...

  • News - Noticias

    Posted December 23, 2015 by Archbp Leonardo Marin Saavedra

    News - Hechos Count or recount events not as easy as some claim. What counts here is no offense where the truth is. Like them and they do not talk about us, we speak of them and all to find the balance, wellbeing and equity. Everyone should read even for those who are mistaken as rational exe...

  • The Latin-American Anglican Church

    Posted December 23, 2015 by Archbp Leonardo Marin Saavedra

    THE LATIN-AMERICAN ANGLICAN CHURCH            We welcome you to the home page of The Latin-American Anglican Church. Our church is led by our presiding Archbishop Leonardo Marin-Saavedra of Canada. In this website you will find information abo...

  • Leonardo Ancestry History

    Posted December 23, 2015 by Archbp Leonardo Marin Saavedra

    Leonardo Marin-Saavedra DNA   Born in Puerto Nare, Antioquia, Colombia on December 17, 1955. His Beatitude is a Canadian citizen. Father Name: Francisco Antonio. Mother Name: Zoraida. DNA Marin-Saavedra Leonardo... European: 48%. America (Native American): 37%. African: 13%. This is a medic...

  • The Anglo Catholics Churches

    Posted December 23, 2015 by Archbp Leonardo Marin Saavedra

    Anglicanos Anglo Catolicos Grupo Cristiano de Iglesias Anglicanas y Episcopales que no estan unidas a la "Comunion Anglicana" (No estan bajo la Autoridad del Arzobispo de Canterbury Ni obedecen normas de la Monarquia de Inglaterra). Son conocidos como Anglo Católicos porque siguen el d...

  • Agains Media Univision

    Posted December 23, 2015 by Archbp Leonardo Marin Saavedra

    Stop Persecution Against Independent Catholics clergy In the American continent the Independent Catholic Churches No Under Vatican (Old Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal, Orthodox, Byzantine, Gallic, charismatic and others) that are not under the authority of the Pope of Rome (Francisco), hav...

  • Contra Media Univision

    Posted December 23, 2015 by Archbp Leonardo Marin Saavedra

    CLERIGOS CATOLICOS INDEPENDIENTES Stop Persecution Independents Catholics Churches SOLICITAN RESPETO A UNIVISION                 A través de un programa televisivo por la cadena Univisión 34 Los Ángeles (California, USA), en la pr...

  • Happy Day of Christ's Birth!

    Posted December 22, 2015 by Tony Villari

    Let's face it, Christmas is getting a bad rap and it's our own damned fault.  Google Christmas, if you don't believe me, and look at the roots, definition, and sin surrounding what we Christians hold dear.  Understand here, that I love celebrating the birth of Jesus regardless of...

  • Telling the Wheel for Solstice

    Posted December 20, 2015 by Tom Asdell

    I know, it seems like I just "told the wheel" for Samhain, but it's the Solstice tomorrow and I'm gonna post it again, so there :-P (also, I have reached the maximum blogs allowed on the site, so I've deleted the Samhain one for this one) - Anyone who wants to join in my tradition of reading this cy...

  • 100 Best Herbs for Your Health and Wellness

    Posted December 20, 2015 by Paula LaRue

    100 Best Herbs for Your Health and Wellness If you’re interested in supplementing your health and wellness routine with some natural remedies, herbs offer a valuable and time-tested way to do so. Whether you want to boost the health of your heart, ease the discomfort of arthritis, or just wak...

  • Sonora Rain Smudge Bundles

    Posted December 20, 2015 by Paula LaRue

    Sonora Rain Smudge Bundles For burning in ritual or just hanging on the wall. Another way to experience the scent of Desert Rain is to place this bundle in the Shower -- a bit of steam will also release these lovely scents! Creosote Bush Leaves ~ Chaparral Leaf - Arizona Native Americans, includin...

  • The Earths Rain Herb/ Creosote

    Posted December 20, 2015 by Paula LaRue

    Creosote is said to have many uses. Indigenous people have used it for for the treatment of at least fourteen afflictions and diseases: colds, chest infections or lung congestion, intestinal discomfort, stomach cramps associated with delayed menstruation, consumption, cancer, nausea, wounds, poisons...

  • It makes me sad to write this

    Posted December 19, 2015 by Richard pope

    Hi I am Minister Sissy Pope,   I came up with a bit ago & really never had someone to share it with so I blog it here.   This is kind of a story to be preached, because it must be so weak eyes please dont read.   I am so saddened by this Isis & Muslim stuff.   I see &&nbs...

  • Time

    Posted December 19, 2015 by Tony Villari

    There never seems to be enough time.  Of course, you don't realize this when you're young.  I think realization hits somewhere around the middle of your working life when you realize money can buy you everything, but you still empty.  It's the point you admit that no amount of money c...

  • Darkness and Light

    Posted December 19, 2015 by Tom Asdell

    So, the Solstice approaches! Seems like I just "Told the Wheel" for Samhain, should post it again, maybe on the Solstice itself... For now though, here's a story I wrote a dozen years ago about Darkness, Light and the Promise of the Eclipse. I think that the feelings work well for the return of th...

  • Religious Reform

    Posted December 18, 2015 by Gus St. Anthony

    www.Spiritually-Speaking.net An inspired series of observations pointing toward religious reform, biblical criticism and an expression of the spiritual dimension of being. Observations that dovetail with science, technology and contemporary understanding.   We need religion today, we need fa...

  • Helping Others???

    Posted December 17, 2015 by Reverend Giovano 'Koala' Fusco

    Hello Everyone... I am sorry I haven't wrote anything for awhile, I wait for inspiration n if I don't have inspiration I can't write anything n if I try to force myself to try to write it doesn't sound/read right or I am just blocked from doing any writing... Oh so, yes had some inspiration today,...

  • God Isn't Repairing Our Failures

    Posted December 16, 2015 by Tony Villari

    Why isn't God fixing this?  By "this" we mean problems, and death, caused by people?  Are we to assume God is expected to step in whenever man displays an inept ability to do what is right?  Think about this from a good sense point of view.  Why would you create somethi...

  • Reconsidering Compassion.

    Posted December 15, 2015 by Pastor Richard ( Taz ) Pickett, OM, EM,

    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...

  • Christmas Blessings!

    Posted December 14, 2015 by Martha Range

    God's Blessings! I recently had someone ask me who had the biggest influence on my life. That is a profound question. It was one I had to think about for a while before answering. My life has been chaotic to say the least. I've lived many lives in many different places. I've faced death numerous t...

  • Going to Church

    Posted December 13, 2015 by Tony Villari

    I don't go to church, unless it is a special occasion and I'm required to attend at the behest of good friends or family. I haven't made church part of my weekly ritual since before I left home for the military. It had nothing to do with Matthew's verse. Truth be told, at eleven years of age I wasn'...

  • Little Green Men

    Posted December 11, 2015 by Tony Villari

    We'll need to get passed this proper name for God issue.  Allah, the Great Spirit, Brahman, Tawa, Wankan Tanka, and Yaweh, to name a few, are really just other names for the one God.  Who is right?  Well, as the Bible says, who are we to judge?  Each of us will stand or fall befo...

  • An Alternate Perspective on Legal Abortion

    Posted December 9, 2015 by Lloyd Hargrove

    Dear Friends,   I have previously hesitated to post this particular article because it might instigate some controversy, having been a "hot topic" for a very long time now.   The opinions expressed within are solely those of the author having formed and reformed over many, many moons whi...

  • No Ordinary Life

    Posted December 9, 2015 by Kelly Chiavarini

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  • World Peace

    Posted December 8, 2015 by NCO, Father Carl

    So many people truly believe that some day World peace will be for real! Wake up folks, this is never going to happen! Not as long as we have terrost who kill with out cause in the name of a God or a book. back in earlier wars we had rules, POW's were treated with respect, given necessary medical ...

  • A new home and direction.

    Posted December 6, 2015 by Jeff Roberts

    I am looking to find my way to Florida, or honestly anywhere and ideally have some place to call home while I get on my feet and start a local career. In that vein, I am hoping to reach out to my fellows and friends here at Universal Life. I have a diverse background of skills, ranging from Security...