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"Awaken the Giant" men's conference scheduled for Saturday, October 10, in Pismo Beach
October 10 men’s conference showcases a variety of local and national speakers   PISMO BEACH—Men of the Central Coast are invited to a large-scale, multi-church event on Saturday, October 10. New Life Community...
Anonymous user - Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:32:48 PDT
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Levan Center Presents Discussion on Religion and Medicine
When patients or their families make medical decisions guided by religion, where is the responsibility of the physician?  Religious beliefs impact medical decision-making, resulting at times in patient harm.  However, religious...
Posted by amberc - Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:11:38 PST
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Local Author Publishes Novel: TARE
  Novel: TARE Author: Peggy Sue Yarber   Small-town America takes on Big Government and an Uncontrollable Virus   Peggy Sue Yarber writes a compelling novel of what happens when government becomes involved in a small...
Posted by yarber11 - Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:05:14 PST
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The Future after Prop. 8
(the day after Prop 8 is passed an opponent describes his feelings) If you're at all like me, you've dragged on throughout the day feeling exhausted, at a loss, furious, disappointed and disillusioned but mostly feeling utterly...
Posted by Chrisables - Thu Nov 6, 2008 15:28:02 PST
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It’s Alive! Frankenstein and Bioethical Disputes
Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein has long been regarded as the most disturbing case of bioethics in literature. The fear of creating life that Shelly insinuated among readers has become a longstanding battle between natural birth...
Posted by amberc - Tue Oct 28, 2008 13:16:21 PDT
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Tests of Faith
How precious and consistent is the ancient wisdom of Jewish tradition!  Even now, our High Holy Day liturgy manages to take eagle-eyed aim at our anxiety. On Rosh HaShanah it is written; on Yom Kippur it is sealed: Who shall...
Posted by Contributor - Fri Sep 26, 2008 15:30:07 PDT
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St. Margaret Mary's celebrates 90 years
Ninety years is a notable figure in a lifetime, but even more remarkable for a religious organization.  St. Margaret Mary's Institute No. 82 will celebrate its 90th anniversary on October 4, 2008, with a luncheon and meeting at the...
Posted by Contributor - Fri Sep 19, 2008 15:01:52 PDT
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CSUB nursing alumni to hold “Spirituality: The Power of Hope” seminar
The California State University, Bakersfield alumni nursing chapter is holding its third annual “Spirituality: The Power of Hope” seminar on Monday, Sept. 22 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Doré Theater at CSUB. The...
Posted by CSUB1 - Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:58:04 PDT
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“Shall we be tolerant?”
I am saddened and disappointed to see how the “Conservative Evangelical” position is so misrepresented. God’s word tells us that “…He so loved the world that He gave His only Son…”  Why?...
Posted by johnsherley - Thu Jun 26, 2008 15:00:12 PDT
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A Response to Marylee Shrider's Article on the Gay Marriage Controversy
Dear Marylee, While I can understand and appreciate your religious beliefs concerning homosexuality, I'm quite appalled that you would make such a gross generalization of the entire gay population.  Just as I am entitled to my...
Anonymous user - Mon Jun 2, 2008 13:43:43 PDT
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Stories of angels reveal secret agents at work
Stories of angels reveal secret agents at work   When I was young, my dad told of a very unusual experience he had in Tucson, Arizona. He was a stranger there in the 1940s, attending graduate school at the University of Arizona....
Posted by Brendac - Tue May 27, 2008 13:49:35 PDT
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF MOTHER’S DAY?
In 1872 in the United States, Julia Ward Howe (who also wrote the words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic) suggested a special day set aside for Mothers. In 1907, Ana Jarvis from Pennsylvania began a campaign to establish a...
Posted by BostonGal - Tue Apr 29, 2008 16:54:59 PDT
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Is this a “Salvational Issue”?
It took me by surprise when a friend of mine commented last week that he didn’t believe that something was a “salvational issue” so he didn’t think he needed to do it. Now, I won’t tell you what the issue...
Posted by avantijk - Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:33:34 PDT
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The Love Of God
Men all too often forget that God is the greatest experience in human existence. Other experiences are limited in their nature and content, but the experience of God has no limits except those of our own comprehensive capacity enlarging....
Anonymous user - Fri Mar 21, 2008 17:23:09 PDT
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EASTER – PAGAN ROOTS?
Nowhere does the Bible indicate that early Christians observed either a weekly Sunday or a yearly Easter to commemorate Christ’s resurrection.   The night before he died, Christ ordered quite a different celebration. He...
Posted by BostonGal - Mon Mar 3, 2008 13:50:53 PST
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I Am An Episcopalian!
  I am an Episcopalian! Despite all the tests and trials that have been thrown at us in the past months, I am very proud to be able to say that. I am what they call a “cradle Episcopalian”. As long as I...
Posted by sixandcounting - Tue Feb 19, 2008 09:25:51 PST
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Fundraiser Silent Auction & more. Kidney 4 Johnny Fitzpatrick
Your attendance is requested. We are having a Fundraiser with a Silent Auction & Raffles, Dinner, 50’s Music & Santa Claus! Benefiting Vietnam Vet, John Fitzpatrick. John is having his kidney transplant in later...
Posted by tajwilly - Tue Dec 4, 2007 08:48:07 PST
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Favorite Pastor
Fr. Craig Harrison, our pastor at St. Francis Church, is amazing!    He has helped our family through challenging and difficult circumstances and celebrated with us on many joyous occasions.  He makes each one a...
Posted by ckangel77 - Mon Nov 5, 2007 13:52:29 PST
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The Father Brown I knew
In 1964 a young priest named Father Tod Brown, an assistant pastor at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, knocked on the Martinez family's front door forever changing the lives of the five younger siblings. Father Brown, with his...
Posted by Tahany - Thu Sep 20, 2007 09:15:52 PDT
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Rosh HaShana A Time of Personal Transformation
This Wednesday at sunset, Jews around the world will gather together in synagogue, at home, and even in the battlefield to celebrate Rosh HaShana (the Jewish New Year).  Besides the turning the Jewish calendar to the year 5768 since...
Posted by rabbipsg - Tue Sep 4, 2007 16:09:29 PDT
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Psalms of Faith
Women of all ages and stages are invited to join us for a study in the Book of Psalms . Riverlakes Community Church, West Portable, starting Tuesday,September 11, 2007 at 6:45 .Details call 324-4298.
Posted by JPWHUMP - Tue Sep 4, 2007 11:48:21 PDT
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Peace, Love and Poison?
We all live upon the planet Earth. We all live underneath the same sun, witness the beauty of the same moon, and gaze upon the very same stars that soar through the brilliant night skies. We breathe the same air, dream, and embrace as...
Posted by Songstress7 - Thu Aug 30, 2007 15:52:30 PDT
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Noah's Ark-Fact or Fiction?
'Evan Almighty' appears to make Noah, the Flood, God and the Bible look foolish – but who's the fool? The new movie, Evan Almighty, ridicules the Biblical account of Noah and the ark.  We  have to realize that if...
Posted by BostonGal - Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:16:05 PDT
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My Conversion to Mormonism
My name is Dr. Michael A. Nazario (PhD.). I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, known to the world as "Mormons." I converted and was baptized in the United States Marine Corps Boot camp, Parris Island,...
Posted by DrMichaelNazario - Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:36:55 PDT
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You can never predict the future
Who can say that you can predict the future and get it exactly the way you want? Who are you to say that because this happened that will definitely happen so if that does happen this will also happen? It isn't practicle to say to...
Posted by MSgherzi - Thu Mar 1, 2007 13:17:08 PST
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I Will Walk By Faith
You know as humans I think we can get greedy. We want things, I mean as we live here we are called to be servants of Jesus Christ but we also want. And because we have so much faith in our Lord and savior we pray to Him and ask Him of...
Posted by MSgherzi - Thu Mar 1, 2007 12:45:55 PST
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