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In the past couple of years that I have been on these blogs I have noticed the tendency to use buzz words to demonize a section of the population which some people can feel self righteous and use as a safe target to express their fears and hate. Past buzz words...
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Everyday Spirituality: Angels 101, Part Two
A SHORT COURSE ON THE NATURE AND MINISTRY OF ANGELS
Tina Gilson
Continued from July 22
Dominions, Virtues, and Powers
The second hierarchy...
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"Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. ...
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A friend gave me a lead into these this documentary done about the Coptic monastics and in particular a anchorite. An anchorite means a hermit or recluse. This is an experienced spiritual warrior who draws completely away from worldly distractions to devote himself to prayer for all...
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We do not suffer because there is too much godliness in the world, but because there is too much evil. We must overcome the evil around us with godliness, speaking the truth in love.
"Christ, invisible to the bodily eye, manifests Himself on earth clearly through His Church ... The Church...
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Examine yourself to see whether you have within you a strong sense of your own self importance, or negatively, whether you have failed to realize that you are nothing. This feeling of self-importance is deeply hidden, but it controls the whole of our life. Its first demand is...
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"Many flatter themselves and consider themselves to be good, humble, and meek, but they will discover the contrary under temptation. Do not not become despondent in temptations, then, but give all the more thanks to God that He thus brings you to what is hidden in your heart - the...
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"Prayer is all-powerful on account of the all-powerful God Who acts in it. It is the sword of the Spirit ,which is the Word of God. Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of...
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Without temptation it is impossible to aquire a strong constitution of the soul. But again, to withstand them is not in our power. How could perishable clay withstand the action of water unless Divine fire makes it strong? If we submit to the yoke of God's will and...
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More on the surprise visit to Iraq by President Obama:
He told the troops that although "You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as ademocratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement," that Iraqis 'need to take responsibility for their own...
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Today I've done a lot of crying.
First, it was while reading the account of the funeral of 8-year-old Brandon, who was killed by a hit-and-run moron a few days ago. Then, later in the day, I found a story about little baby Diesel, who died from the cancer that he was being treated for. He was...
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Im much too sleepy to write a post, but instead ill repost what I read, it's rather heart warming, and has that edgy grumpy feel to it, hope you enjoy
the god of small miracles
This story is heartbreaking. When Danny and Danielle learned that the baby Danielle was carrying had...
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This has been my point from Day One.
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such a burning love
ensures me a wonderful life
which offers constant joy
without a care
with heartfelt warmth
we’re safe and secure
knowing we can be secure
knowing it’s not forbidden love
feeling love’s warmth
gives my life
without a care
so filled with joy...
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Greetings,
I am new here and I have a thought to share.
Have you ever seen an apparition?
I must say I didn't believe in apparitions however I have seen what appears to be an apparition.
I first saw it at 4:00 a.m. as it appeared to me on my marble bathroom wall.
I was...
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Kathi & Karen (SEE BLOG " I am MARRIED!!")- Congrats and how thrilled we are to share this historic day with you. I have known you both since you were pups in love 12 years ago. You have known Vanessa and I since we were pups in love...we still are and forever will be. To share this...
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One of our favorite bloggers has brightened our Monday morning with his Buck/Beatles love mash-up.
Thanks, Dr. BLT.
Listen to the recording here.
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This is so cool! I get home from a long day at work, and a long drive to Simi Valley to pick up my kids, and decide to check the BC website for any news or fun blogs. I do this nightly, but this time the first thing I see when I open the web page is a photo of my husband and me in the top box on...
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For World Water Day, March 22, The United States Fund for The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has initiated the Tap Project, a campaign that asks patrons of participating restaurants to donate as little as $1 as payment for the water they receive for free. $1 will allow UNICEF...
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larger view
02/09/1988~12/17/2004
never forgotten..each year, a bit more of me is reborn,but the loss of you lessens not one bit
till soon, son ~~~~~
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Valentine's Day is around the corner and a lot of Bakersfield.com users are pouring their hearts out on our site.
As promoted in The Californian's Eye Street section, we're soliciting love poems from all you prose pros out there. Read a selection of submissions so far, or submit your own....
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We love...We forgive...and never give up...
www.godtube.com/view_video.php
For all who've lost someone they loved my heart goes out to you.
"Today we remember to live and to love."
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A Memory of Mine
Just off the highway to Bristol, England,
Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.
And the eyes of those two ponies
Darken with kindness.
They have come gladly out of the willows
To welcome my cousin and me.
We step over the barbed wire into the...
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A Maid Before Tapestry
Gregory Clemens
In her sunlit morning room, she reads
again each word on perfect lips too young
to know a sweetheart’s kiss, her only letter from the man.
His words that found her on an afternoon
a full moon ago, she knows
His words...
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Ok to start thanks so much to Murphy for the help!!! I didn't get far but at least it's something...
Ok for sure we know He had a sister named Christina. Johnny owned a shop named Johnny's auto shop, and worked at a place called Joe's auto parts. He was born in 62 or 63. His mother and...
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My daughter. She just blows my mind. When we first brought her home I couldn't help to just stare at her. To think that my body "built" her is amazing. I will admit I was kind of sad that I couldn't feel her inside anymore- after so long you get so used to that company and of never...
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....
In the month of February in the year 1988 two boy children were born in this, our great city. One white, born with great physical limitations, condemned to a life of seemingly endless pain and sorrow. The second black, also born with...
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I used to tow the conservative, right-wing line on the subject of all matters concerning motos such as IN GOD WE TRUST. But, as a recovering fundamentalist, I now see both sides of the issue.
Do I really want people to be force-fed my faith, the same way it was all too often...
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Last night a couple was married at the Kern County Fair. The imagery from Californian writer Felix Doligosa Jr. is classic:
"Nacho smells and wedding bells," "dirt stained her white wedding gown," and "fairgoers munching on corn dogs and drinking beer gathered around...
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As the cool night air flows from the open window... my thoughts row back... how my wife loves the fresh night air. Here alone longing for her return... the sadness... to weeing... my love reaches out helplessly... knowing that my bride is hurting also...
Yet all knowing our Father...
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‘HAIR’ lets loose
The classic American tribal love-rock musical is coming to the Empty Space through July
The Empty Space Theater is excited to present, “HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical!”
“HAIR” was a significant part of the...
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There is a new show that is on MTV that I was intrigued by this weekend. It is called The X Effect.
They invite two exes and their current significant others to a romantic resort for what both couples think will be a weekend of romance, heartbreak and revelations. Once they get there,...
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Yesterday, May 23, 2007, 5:00:00 PM | sethearl
Bishop Kallistos Ware +++
Who am I? The answer is not at all obvious. My personhood as a human being ranges widely over space and time. And indeed it reaches out beyond space into infinity, and beyond time into...
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1. THE VENERABLE SIMEON THE STYLITE OF THE WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN
This wonderful saint Simeon was born in Antioch in the year 522 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Justin the Elder. His father perished in an earthquake and he was left alone with...
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As I raise my daughters I don't think much about anything but trying to take care of them right now. I am not a wealthy man so there will be no dowery or trust fund to see to their financial needs in perpetuity. I have nothing of any real value to leave them so a will is not as big as issue as...
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1. THE HOLY MARTYR THEODOTUS AND THE SEVEN MAIDEN MARTYRS: THECUSA, ALEXANDRA, CLAUDIA, FALINA, EUPHRASIA, MATRONA AND JULIA
Theodotus was married and an innkeeper in Ancyra during the reign of Diocletian. Although married, he lived...
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Today Orthodox Christians celebrate the Feast of Christ's Glorious Ascension to Heaven which occurred 40 days after His Resurrection.
1. THE HOLY APOSTLE ANDRONICUS
Andronicus was one of the Seventy Apostles. He was a kinsman...
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1. THE HOLY FEMALE MARTYR GLYCERIA
Glyceria was the daughter of a Roman governor. Becoming impoverished after her father's death, Glyceria settled in Trajanopolis in Thrace. During the reign of the nefarious Emperor Antoninus, Glyceria...
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Scrolling down the cards one made me cold<-> stop. Sepia tinted feet poked from under a cloth,then faded in to white,Words written under:
"When I picked up my daughters ashes to bring home,I ate some.."
A single reply:"I understand"
The pain permeates this...
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The Illusionist
written and directed by Neil burger. The surprising Jessica Biel, consummate Edward Norton, Rufus Sewell and the subtle performance of Paul Giamatti, play the characters. This is a visually lovely film, in homage to early photographic styles, which is set in 19...
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Hi there, everyone,
I submitted a story to the Applause section of the Californian a while ago, and it is on the site now! Give it a read and tell me what you think. They messed up some of the punctuation and grammar when they printed it, and of course they spelled my last name wrong (everyone...
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It's odd how things come to pass. Just when you think something is bound not to happen, it happens, and it's usually for the good. I have lost count of the times I thought I was stuck with the short end of the stick only to have the long end fall right into my hands(or right on top of my head),...
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The Bachelor this time will have a prince on the show!
Prince Lorenzo Borghese, a handsome 34-year-old cosmetics entrepreneur, is an American citizen who has resided in Manhattan since 1997. He was born in Milan, lived in Rome and outside Paris, and moved to Connecticut when he was five...
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One of the most difficult things I encounter both as an artist myself and also as a Director and Producer is the "No, not this time" message.
It is hard to hear. It is even more difficult to say.
AND - as someone who stopped performing for thirty years, it takes courage...
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