Posted by Tom Asdell
I was going through my notes and found this from several years ago. It's still good so I'm posting it in here just as I received it... -------------------------------------------------------------- Pathways Eloria R. Lightfeather This IS how things should be. Pass t...
Posted by Deleted Member
VATICAN CITY — A U.S. Catholic priest who supports ordination for women was detained briefly by police Monday after marching to the Vatican to press the Holy See to lift its ban on women priests. The Rev. Roy Bourgeois and about a dozen supporters had marched down the main boulevard leadin...
Posted by Reverend Doctor John Reuling Sr. of The NCO
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said in a speech at the Christian-based Liberty University last week that he believes God has a plan for everyone, and that God's plan for him will be revealed in time. Michele Bachmann, according to a finely wrought profile in the New Y...
Posted by Priest Cliff Northup Jr
After much thought and consideration, I felt compelled to look into a form of religion that best suits me. Before applying for Ordainment, I read testimonies and different forms of religion. I saw how so many have done as I have and I thought that I should go for being ordained. I have had a hard li...
Posted by Deleted Member
JUST SAW THIS STORY ... SAD BUT TRUE ... WHAT SHOULD WE DO?! Last month, a Time Warner Cable customer service rep died at her desk. After any unexpected death, people searched for answers, explanations, someone to blame. But in this case, there may have actually been something foul afoot. A...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
The New Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram by Michael Osiris Snuffin (2002) "Those who regard this ritual as a mere device to invoke or banish spirits are unworthy to possess it. Properly understood, it is the Medicine of metals and the Stone of the Wise."1 --Aleister Crowley The Lesser Banishing...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
THE INVOCATION OF THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE Issued by the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn For daily use of the Neophyte. Adoration be unto Thee, Lord of my Life: for Thou hast permitted me to enter thus far into the Sanctuary of thine Ineffable Mystery; and Thou hast vouchsa...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
SELF-INITIATION CEREMONY OF THE ENTERER OF THE THRESHOLD Issued by the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn FOR THE NEOPHYTE GRADE OF THE THELEMIC ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN REQUIRED For the Candidate: Black Tau Robe. Red Shoes or Socks. (Note: Black pertains to the...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
THE LESSER RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM Issued by the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn 1. Touching the forehead, say Atah. 2. Touching the breast, say Aiwass or IAO. 3. Touching the genitals, say Malkuth. 4. Touching the right shoulder, say ve-Geburah. 5. Touching the left shoulder...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
THE MIDDLE PILLAR EXERCISE Issued by the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn The following is the Traditional Middle Pillar Exercise. 1. Visualize yourself standing in the Temple, facing West. 2. Formulate the Black Pillar of Severity on your right side and the White Pillar of Merc...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
The Full Wiccan Rede Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust. Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give. For tread the Circle thrice about to keep unwelcome spirits out. To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme. Light of eye and ...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
OATH OF THE NEOPHYTE Issued by the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1. I, ........................................................ [Motto], being of sound mind and body, and having resolved on this day ............
Posted by radar pangaean
I'm going to share an observation i made some time ago, but also share the path that i took deriving it. The final conclusion i will present was not born fully formed, but was instead the culmination of many previous observations and conclusions which were incomplete at the time they occurred. The p...
Posted by Deleted Member
POWER TO SURVIVE Someone recently asked me quite cordially and honestly how I could believe in God when so many bad things have happened to me in my life. Loss of a mother at an early age, loss of a son in his 20’s because of the acts of a drunk driver, disabled husband, disabled daughter...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
I am everything Else on the Outside of Myself Looking in Pretending to be Me on the Inside of Myself Pulling Myself through this Life from the Outside.
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
Don't assume anything about anyone and don't expect anything from anyone. Accept one for who they are and you won’t be disappointed. What you assume and what you expect will only lead to your own downward spiral. Accept what is given. But don't point out what is not given.
Posted by Mystic Angel
I recieived an e-mail this morning from my group. We were sent a special assignment to help find a missing 5 year old in our area. We are a group of LE, Search and Rescue and psychics. I am one of the psychics there. Anyway's, we wee givien this assignment and I stared at the picture. I recieived bi...
Posted by Deleted Member
JUST FOR ONE DAY... can we consider what would happen if we decided to LOVE AND ACCEPT those whom we have deemed "intolerant"... "unloveable" ... "unloving" ? ! ~Rev. Mother NANHI-Marie
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
True Neutral True neutral is when someone prefers to stay out of the way when good and evil forces clash! Though destiny calls them to assist either side, they aren't ready to choose for they have other worries and issues to handle. Though uncertain, when the forces are regathering stren...
Posted by Cyrus Dreifuz
My Veiws: Omniversalism, Unitarian Universalism, Panentheism, Neutralism, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Shintoism, Shamanism, Paganism, True Chritianism, Platonism, Pythagoreanism, Naturalism, Rationalism, Logicism, Monism, Dualism, Hermeticism, Metaphysical Idealism, Enochian, Thothian,...
Posted by Mystic Angel
I started a petition today through change.org to have the fed's mandate that the states stop cutting funding for our childen. With the economy going down the tubes and many people loosing their insurance, even state funded, or partially state funded non-profit groups are closing their doors to our c...
Posted by Deleted Member
Can’t we just all GET along? How do we GET this thing called “ALONG”? Over the past 2 years since joining this site I have noticed here and made here myself a repeated cry for tolerance, getting along and acceptance as well as other words and phrases used to describe what ...
Posted by Nicole DeRobbio
No one has ever learned anything by being perfect. "Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentence". Luke 15:7. From our mistakes and mis-steps come experience. From our mistakes comes humility. ...
Posted by Pastor John Nunez
There are two primary errors when it comes to spiritual warfare—over-emphasis and under-emphasis. Some blame every sin, every conflict, and every problem on demons that need to be cast out. Others completely ignore the spiritual realm and the fact that the Bible tells us our battle is against ...
Posted by High Priest Silver Owl
A young boy walks with his mother one sunday afternoon, with their hands held as two. As they walked, the little boy saw the park across the street and begged his mother to go. So, as they walked through the park, they laughed and joked about their busy day, and visualized images in the clouds toget...
Posted by Shannon A Murray
Facebook is fun and it is a way to socialize if we continue to use it the right way- let us not worship it like an idol, this can cause a problem with family ...you know, your spouse may want you to spend time with him...have a lovely evening dinner, or go to a drive -in movie, maybe stay home...
Posted by Shannon A Murray
A mother passing by her daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then she saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed, "Mom." With the worst premonition, she opened the envelope and read the letter with tremb...
Posted by Tom Asdell
Just posted the first part of this in a poll comment, but thought it would be a good addition to the "Blog of Shadows" concept I'm trying here... the discussion started by the Poll was if there was a (for lack of better terms) a "gender" to the divine, and if there are Male and Female Principa...
Posted by Mystic Angel
Ever since I was a kid, I have lived in my own little world, a refuge I created all on my own. I know the reasons I created it, mostly because I spent a lifetime running from who I was, who I am. Running from the "real world", at least this is what other's called it. I don't think I ever completely ...
Posted by Deleted Member
Earlier today I posted a short acknowledgement about Our Lady of Guadalupe. I received the following public message immediately from another minister "I wish XXX would stop flooding the boards with blather." This was followed by my being told (again) that I "imagined" that this was a personal insul...
Posted by radar pangaean
I just accepted two friend requests from people i don't know, and with whom i have never had a conversational exchange. I am NOT a 'friend collector' here, or on any internet site. I currently am 'friend connected' to almost EXACTLY 1% of the members here. I think *i* have only initiated such connec...
Posted by Tom Asdell
While I'm reposting stuff from the past... We totalled our car last Monday and are moderately injured but healing. We're animists, and seeing the torn body of our old friend was pretty traumatic even without my wife's massive bruising and my little head gash and torn cartilage around ...
Posted by Tom Asdell
This was originally posted in a Yahoo group by me in reply to a guy who stated that the only thing he did that he would call magic was his painting, but I think it fills in at least some of the gaps I left when I was talking about the use of Magic in Witchcraft Back there in post #2713, you...
Posted by Deleted Member
Just being out in public, openly and unashamedly, takes guts when you belong to a community that is misunderstood, overlooked or met with outright prejudice. But on Oct. 8, the day before Outfest, two local activists are putting together an event that will bring together transgender people and gende...
Posted by Deleted Member
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I am a multiracial, multiethnic, multireligious person. I HONOR my mothers and my fathers. Today is a HIGH HOLY DAY in the Jewish Tradition. To honor this day I read Psalms until sunset. This is a DAY OF ATONEMENT. It is a day when I celebrate the LOVE I have for my family ...
Posted by Deleted Member
So, in a day and age when science offers me so much possibility to discover the “secrets” of my Universe, my planet, my own body and the tiniest things alive and what makes them tick, why do I still depend on something as old-fashioned as GOD? This morning while reading the Psalms wi...
Posted by Reverend Doctor John Reuling Sr. of The NCO
Since 1935, Social Security has made payments to Americans of the age 65. Those Americans and successive generations believed their contributions were investments, and that they would be paid at retirement by the earnings on those investments. In fact, those younger Americans wer...
Posted by Deleted Member
THE FOLLOWING ESSAY written By ANDY COGHLAN, April 28, 2008 for ABC NEWS supplies an explanation for the “evolution” of religion as a result of the emergence of “imagination” in the human experience. It also refers to animals as being “stuck in the mundane”, in...
Posted by Patriarch/Archbishop Daniel Fashingbauer
Morning Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me. A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and...
Posted by radar pangaean
A week or so back, one of the members here posted a question along the lines of: "What do you believe and why do you believe it?" She followed it with something along the lines of: "I would also ask the NON-believers why they don't believe, but i ask that they be careful to do so without belittling ...
Posted by Deleted Member
There are some simple yardsticks for measuring whether an educational interchange debate is “objective”. One such yardstick is the very scientific BLOOM'S TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES which is organized into the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains and describes human behav...
Posted by Deleted Member
This is my opinion: Any and ALL PERSONS who have posted on this site in any arena here are ENTITLED to their own beliefs/feelings. No need for ANY POSTER here to be overly sensitive about how someone else feels. We all own our feelings just as much as we own our personal beliefs. They are indiv...
Posted by Tammie, Rev Wonder
WEC Approval… Had a great class last night, but during I wondered if I was doing things “right”. It’s a chaplaincy class, and most are from the same church. They all “know” how to do things in the same way. Now I know I am not a mold fi...
Posted by Deleted Member
Once again there are sounds of banging over my head. Yesterday there was more activity inside our living quarters. The hurricanes, tropical storms and, yes, even an East Coast earthquake have caused havoc in the building where we live, an old house in Philadelphia (built in 1732) which was divi...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
SaLuSa tells us that with the coming of 11-11-11 a tidal wave will sweep the world and wash everything in its path with love. He tells us the people will win their battle for change. He says the younger generation are fearless and will continue until they achieve success. He says as well...
Posted by Joseph Jones
What if....The world was at peace...What if....No one was looked down upon because of gender,looks,intellect. What if...We all listened more and talked less, whispered instead of yelled,loved instead of hated. What if....We all honored our words and vows and meant what we said and cared enough to no...
Posted by Rev. Michael Carpenter
Is there a God, if we do not know Him face to face? Recently, a young Pastor fresh out of seminary, from another denomination in my community, contacted me frantic over a situation he was experiencing. It seems a school aged boy in his church called him very upset stating, "that his ne...
Posted by Rev.Ryan Padilla-Mangual,Ing,D.D
-please coexist -tollerance -accept the fact i am pagan/occultist -respect my religion and i will respect yours -don't push your views onto me -accept the fact i am a polytheist
Posted by Prætor Chris Bartz
The Warrior's Prayer Long since, in sore distress, I heard one pray, “Lord, who prevailest with resistless might, Ever from war and strife keep me away, My battles fight!” I know not if I play the Pharisee, And if my brother after all be right; But mine shall be the warrior’s ple...
Posted by Vernon McClanahan
Imagine one day you were at a family Christmas party and one of your cousins told you the story of your great grandfathers life. With your curiosity brewing you go to your father and he tells you a very similar story but in greater detail as told to him by his grandfather and his great grandfat...
Posted by Kevin Johnson
National Domestic Violence Month The Clothesline Project 'one in four women will be physically or sexually assaulted by a partner at some point in her lifetime' Presidential Proclomation The U.S. Congress passed Public Law 101-112 in 1989, designating October, National Domes...
Posted by Deleted Member
EVERYONE’S RIGHT TO SHARE WHAT THEY BELIEVE The Universal Life Church is an Agnostic Atheistic Buddhist Catholic Christian Confucian Hindu Islamic Jainist Jehovah’s Witness Juche Jewish Natural New Age Pagan Primal Rastafarian Scientologist Shinto Sikhist Spiritist Taoist Unitarian ...
Posted by Sojourner Robert Hess
Well I promised this some time ago and have finally become inspired enough to attept to write it. Why Don't I have "Rev." in frount of my name here: Titles to me, are earned, not self imposed. I hold no disrespect for those here who have such titles placed on their forum names, I simply ch...
Posted by Deleted Member
Elephant Totem ~ Elephant: Power Animal, Symbol of Commitment, Royalty, Strength By Ina Woolcott Elephant's medicine includes strength, royalty, connection to ancient wisdom, removal of obstacles and barriers, confidence, patience, using education opportunities, commitment, gentleness, commu...
Posted by Deleted Member
DEGREES OF TRUTH Fuzzy logic and probabilistic logic are mathematically similar – both have truth values ranging between 0 and 1 – but conceptually distinct, due to different interpretations—see interpretations of probability theory. Fuzzy logic corresponds to "degrees of trut...
Posted by Deleted Member
SATURDAY 10-1-11 Today I was at the museum again listening to the granddaughter of an artist share anecdotes of her grandmother's work. Some were from personal encounters and others from correspondence which another relative had saved. As the research began in preparation for a current exhibition i...
Posted by Reverend Doctor John Reuling Sr. of The NCO
Does capital punishment represent triumph of confidence over truth? The year was: 2000, Frank Lee Smith is posthumously exonerated-he'd died 11 months earlier-14 years after being convicted of raping and murdering an 8 year old girl. The eyewitnesses were wrong. 2001: Charles Fain is exonerated an...
Posted by Christl Buskohl
Because life requires that we interact with different personalities, it is not uncommon for us to encounter a situation where there is one person whose behavior may negatively impact the experiences of others. Someone who is loud and crass can interrupt the serenity of those who come together to pra...
Posted by Deleted Member
It has been stated here recently and in the past that words do not harm others. If words bring no harm then there wouldn't be so many lawsuits won over defamation which is caused by words. That doesn't mean an insult constitutes defamation. An insult is not always defamation. If a person wa...
Posted by radar pangaean
Those of you who are married or otherwise in a committed relationship are most probably married to someone with similar beliefs. Demography data confirms that most stable marriages require significant overlap in creed and deed. But there are exceptions out there, and my current (and LAST) marriage i...
Posted by radar pangaean
One of our members posted a picture to FB today. I commented on it there, and have decided to cross post the entire package here. Please see this picture to get the context for the following commentary. http://ministers.themonastery.org/albums/photo/view/album_id/3626/photo_id/97794...
Posted by Airie Derwydd Gwas yr Olwyn Arian
So, we had a last minute meeting this evening, called by the founding members. People are still at that point confused about what is required to make it an officially recognized Student Organization. I have the beginnings of a constitution, an outline for an agenda of things we need to get taken c...
Posted by Deleted Member
SAD BUT TRUE: Earlier this afternoon I posted a short anecdote about my Dad. One member here has suggested that the information I posted was perhaps untrue. I assure you all that TED MORROW did exist and did know 28 languages. If you doubt that then call the UNITED STATES MILITARY to verify this ...
Posted by Deleted Member
WHEN I SPEAK OF FAITH here with other members, I start with the premise that ALL PATHS based on FAITH lead believers to a POWER who makes US one. I make the assumption that “believers” have a need for plugging into and relying on a SOURCE which has greater power and knowledge than ca...
Posted by Sherri M Madden
Cleansing Your Home When first coming to the Craft, many are taught or learn through books about rituals for creating sacred space. It is not hard to find information on the internet on how to consecrate and create circles and areas for various magical workings. However; I ...
Posted by radar pangaean
This post is NOT directed at any specific individual. The reason i'm making it is that what i'm about to discuss is so COMMON here that i want to make a POINT that is clearly MISSED by many.Nor is it an attempt to change anyone's position. I am going to point out a SEMANTIC error, which many of you ...
Posted by Deleted Member
Reading is fundamental for ANYONE who needs to stay informed in today’s information-rich world. Accessible documentation is truly an important step in promoting independence for individuals with disabilities. Accessible documents provide an additional means of communication, which makes possib...
Posted by Rev. Lawrence Morley
I've been in the midst of several situations (some might say "ordeals"; I'm not complaining, just trying to put things in perspective) as of late, that've been both painful: at various times, I've found myself emotionally being everywhere from "mildly annoyed", to "on the verge of sheer agony", and ...
Posted by Deleted Member
WEDNESDAY 9-28-11 MY JOY is not YOUR JOY. But it comes from the same SOURCE. LIVE your LIFE as you are called to LIVE IT. WE will share in JOY again and again, sometimes more than others. We are INTERDEPENDENT at the SOURCE. When I was 16 I spent a week with my Amish grandmother. She was th...
Posted by radar pangaean
No, not intrinsically. But it's a clue. I've mentioned a few times that i don't take people as seriously as they may wish to be taken (not necessarily by ME, but in general) if they can't communicate effectively. I have another post here which states, unambiguously, that i'm not likely to even ...
Posted by Kathleen Landers
I am officiating at my niece's wedding in October in North Hampton County, PA. I called the county seat and was told that all I had to do was sign the marriage license - no need to submit a certificate or proof of ordination. My niece recently saw something online that said that online ordinations w...
Posted by Deleted Member
Rosh Hashanah begins this year on Wednesday evening September 28, 2011. HOW AND WHY IT IS CELEBRATED The festival of Rosh Hashanah--the name means "Head of the Year"--is observed for two days beginning on Tishrei 1, the first day of the Jewish year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam an...
Posted by Deleted Member
MISSION SURVIVAL or USE WHAT YOU HAVE. Today began with a few challenges. It's still cloudy with MORE rain in the forecast and predictions of passing the all time record for amount of rainfall in a year in Philadelphia PA. The landlord is coming soon to fix the plaster in the south ...
Posted by radar pangaean
The main ULC site has pages where the site administrators give their perspective on what each of the various belief systems entail. Their page on atheism is surely a hoot: http://www.themonastery.org/jcontent/training/12-guide-to-divinity/97-agnosticism-atheism-non-religion?template=themonaster...
Posted by Deleted Member
According to Jewish legend, Lilith was Adam's first wife and Eve's predecessor. In the most commonly-told version of the tale, she is made from the earth, as is Adam. For this reason, she refuses to lie beneath Adam sexually, and when he insists, she mutters God’s secret name, leaves the Garde...
Posted by Deleted Member
I DON'T NEED TO WALK IN YOUR SHOES to understand you. That's right. That's what it said. Seems this person OBSERVES the world and determines from their own experiences ONLY whether something is right or wrong for me, you or anyone else. MY, MY, MY what JOY they are missing...to actually spend the da...
Posted by Rev. Lawrence Morley
In attempting to succintly state my beliefs about various things, recently, after some frustration, an analogy finally came to me that allowed me to sum things up nicely: there's an old, old question that goes something like: "is the glass half empty, or half full?" What occurred to me is: said glas...
Posted by Deleted Member
SUNDAY 9-25-11 TODAY was the day I walked that HILL again ! The hill near the Conference Center where 9 years ago in the late summer I saw the vision of the old mill and the 2 owls crossing paths...and so a new chapter in my spiritual journey began. I am now working across the street from this...
Posted by Kris Jones Lee
Lots of people suffer from depression, and many more people suffer from a fear of death that paralyzes them into a safe, but static, cocoon. That cocoon seems safe at first, but it can easily become a prison if you only allow yourself to see the scary parts of being alive. One person asked ho...
Posted by Rev. Randy Green
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.' One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was...
Posted by Rev.Ryan Padilla-Mangual,Ing,D.D
1st- let's clarify something pentacle=paganism(one point up ) whereas pentagram=satanism (two points up)(eliphas levi point this one out ) 2nd- us witches both male and female aren't evil(unless you as an individual do black magick but remember the rule of the power of three) 3rd-we don't bele...
Posted by Reverend Rosemarie Mohr
TEN INTENTIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD The First Intent-Support Life I refrain from opposing or harming anyone. I allow others to have their own experiences. I see life in all things and honor it as if it were my own. I support life. The Second Intent-Seek Truth I foll...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
This is about the best thing I've ever read as an explanation. Sometimes we wonder, 'What did I do to deserve this?' or 'Why did God have to do this to me?' Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
A number of events are combining to make Oct. 28, 2011 look like a fertile date for spiritual advancement. The Mayan Calendar is said to end then and Comet Elenin is close to the Earth. I’m sure we’ll hear more about Elenin. Thanks to Liz. Is Comet Elenin an incoming spacecraf...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
Hannah Beaconsfield: 2011 September 22 by Steve Beckow A Thousand Little Crucifixions Living on the Edge of Overwhelm Oceanna, Pleiadian priestess, through Hannah Beaconsfield, Sept. 21, 2011 We are Oceanna bringing you guidance from our Pleiadian world culture. Our energy r...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
World Markets Fall Sharply after Fed Actions, Negative Report 2011 September 22 by Steve Beckow Stock markets tumble on Thursday as investors took fright and flight at a gloomy warning about the world economic outlook from the Federal Reserve. Readers here know that the wor...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
This Week, Sept. 17-22, 2011 If you are looking for an advanced warning system as to upcoming interdimensional happenings, the bottom line is that things are going to get somewhat rough during the second half of this week and for much of the remainder of September. The human DNA chain conti...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
Staying Centered in Your Ocean of Emotion The Pleiadian High Council and SanJAsKa: “Staying Centered in your Ocean of Emotion” Channeled by Wes Annac, Sept. 23, 2011 Many events are soon to come to fruition that will see you all Living the majestic and free Lives...
Posted by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD
Real Security begins with Creating a Policy of Peace By Sherwood Ross, Global Research, September 18, 2011 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=26632 The best way for America to become more secure may well be to dismantle its vast security apparatus. This means...
Posted by Reverend Doctor John Reuling Sr. of The NCO
I believe that we should look at the shoe on the other foot also in trying to solve our employment woes in our country today. Simply put, the reason jobs are flowing to other countries like India and China isn't American free trade policy but this country's skills gap, a mismatch of talent and jobs ...
Posted by Rev. Walter Rosenthal
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine today. She and I had expressed some observations about a mutual friend of ours, and being the person of integrity I know her to be, she expressed some concern about making judgements. I've thought a lot about that for many years, and I've come to un...
Posted by Rev. Lawrence Morley
We ULC - members - have, in common, this: we believe that "We are all children of the same universe." I often pray - these words aren't mine, I honestly don't know their true origin - thusly: "God, may your healing light and love radiate out throughout the Universe, unto all: all of creation; for al...
Posted by Deleted Member
" We champion the underdogs and the oppressed just as the legacy of Christ, King, Kennedy, Mother Theresa and Gandhi taught. There are no other international churches with the proven history of devotion to ministers for the sake of their own ministries such as this. We do not require our ordained mi...
Posted by Prætor Chris Bartz
Build a fire a thousand miles away to light my long way home I ride a comet My trail is long to stay Silence is a heavy stone I fight the world and take all they can give There are times my heart hangs low Born to walk against the wind Born to hear my name No matter where I stand I'm alone Stand an...
Posted by Lori Bradley
**I found this on Healthy Place and it was written by Alistair McHarg*** http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/funnyinthehead/2011/09/how-to-tell-lies/ “All statements on the Internet are true, including this one.” Taz Mopula Here is a riddle to enjoy. You are walking on...
Posted by Fr. Douglas Grohne
If you are looking for a fun Halloween craft to do with the older kiddies, you might want to try the Dremel pumpkin carving kit. http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail.aspx?pid=7000-PK It comes with a cordless(uses AA batteries) Dremel tool (#7000-PK), carving bit #191, an...
Posted by Tammie, Rev Wonder
Love What is love? Is it an energy, a great white light, an element not found on the periodic table? Or is a concept, an illusion, a dream, a notion. Is it what runs the whole? Is there an opposite for balance? Some say the opposite of love is fear…does ...
Posted by Jason Garren
1 Corinthians 10:13 " No temptation has overtation you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but wit the temptaion will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it." &nb...
Posted by Reverend Doctor John Reuling Sr. of The NCO
President Obama's economic team have come and gone: Larry Summers, Christina Romer, Paul Volker, and the list of names could go on. None of these people who left or those that remain has had any effect on restarting the economy or finding jobs for our people. Their only idea is more quantitative eas...
Posted by Sherri M Madden
Some might tell you to find a sacred place but all places are sacred.Some might tell you, you need to be in the forest, or by the sea, or on a mountain, but any place will do.Some might tell you, you need tools, candles, athame, wand, a representation of The Lord and Lady, a bit of salt and maybe a ...