Posted by Kenny Sallee
by Patricia McGerr When I visited the South Pacific islands, I took a notebook along. I had a three‐week leave between assignments in Japan, so I borrowed a boat and sailed to Kiniwata. The notebook was supposed to help me become a junior‐grade Maugham or Michener. But when I got back, among all my...
Posted by Tony Villari
Ever come across a shyster disguised as clergy? They're pretty easy to spot. Like a used car salesman, they act like they get a percentage on the side for each sale they bring in. It doesn't take them long to realize they should have their own dealership. They can t...
Posted by Tony Villari
The stories of the Holocaust are the stories of us. They are an unfortunate reminder of our own ultimate, sometimes inevitable, ability for cruelty and evil beyond measure. We only think we are different, however, as we keep evidencing with people and groups like ISIS, we remai...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
by Shirley M Dobson “If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” Luke 17:4 Every family has moments they’d rather forget—moments that later call for understanding and forgiveness. When our ch...
Posted by Rev. Lori Holt
Our Western Civilization has been severely crippled since its inception by the fact that the Divine Feminine has been deliberately obscured and negated from the Biblical references to God at the beginning of Genesis. The direct result of this deletion of the feminine aspects of God, including the no...
Posted by Rev. T. Tucker Forensic Psychologist (Ret.)
My father succumbed to cancer and passed April, 25th of 2016 in his home. Family has been by his side up until the end. I am urging each and everyone one of you to make donations in any way you can to St. Jude’s children’s hospital, as well as the Make-A-Wish foundation in his honor. D...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13 C S. Lewis pointed out that “forgiving does not mean excusing… if that were so, there would be nothing to forgive.” The people of Paducah, Kentucky, understood this. A few years ago, fourteen‐year‐old Michael Carneal ...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“I tell you, [forgive] not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Matthew 18:22 Just as we must act on Scripture’s instruction to forgive, we should also consider the great cost of failing to do so. Withholding forgiveness brings on bitterness, which Neal T. Anderson says is like ...
Posted by Reverend Giovano 'Koala' Fusco
Hi Everyone, I am having trouble with my mind n heart n soul, I can't stop thinking worrying about the 2 homeless girls; I feel like I need to do something more then praying for them but what, as a recovering alcoholic I you can't help an someone till they want help!!! I really don't know these gir...
Posted by Rev. Xiao Shizi
Proselytization. An odd word I wish we could disinvent. The word only has meaning to some of the world's religions. Drafting laws that everyone has to abide by is a form of proselytization in my view, if the underlying purpose for this law is to impose a religiously based ideology into our system of...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
by Corrie ten Boom It was in a church in Munich that I saw him—a balding, heavy‐set man in a gray overcoat, a brown felt hat clutched between his hands. People were filing out of the basement room where I had just spoken and moving along the rows of wooden chairs to the door at the rear. The ...
Posted by Rev. T. Tucker Forensic Psychologist (Ret.)
Spirituality Basics Spirituality is the general term for a worldview that places an emphasis on interconnection and the presence of larger forces beyond the realm of the individual human being. This worldview differs from a strictly religious orientation, which seeks to describe reality in terms of...
Posted by Rev. T. Tucker Forensic Psychologist (Ret.)
Spiritual ways can vary widely, and are based on the differing histories and beliefs of individual tribes, clans and bands. Spirituality is learned early on in childhood. There are many persons from various parts of the world that may not be involved in organized religion, but are very spiritual non...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
A scoundrel, a viscious man, he goes with a leer on his lips, winking his eye, shuffling his foot, beckoning with his finger. Deceit in his heart, always scheming evil, he sows dissension. Disaster will overtake him sharply for this, &n...
Posted by Tony Villari
If your pastor is wealthier than the people he serves, is he here to serve us or are we here to serve him? As Christians I have come to believe we're a lazy lot. We seem to buy into the tithing, the donations, and the televangelist hype. Want an eye opener? Check out this lin...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
Better a dry crust and with it peace than a house where feast and dispute go together. Where the son is profligate the shrewd slave is master, with the other brothers, he will share the inheritance. A crucible for silver, a furnace for gold, but Yahw...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
Man's heart makes the plans, Yahweh, however, weighs the motives. Command what you do to Yahweh, and your plans will find achievment. Yahweh made everything for its own purpose, yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.&nb...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
A mild answer turns away wrath, sharp words stir up anger. The tongue of wise men distils knowledge, the mouth of fools spews folly. The eyes of Yahweh are everywhere: observing the evil and the good. The tongue that soothes is the tree of life; &n...
Posted by Tony Villari
People constantly tell me their faith isn't strong, or my faith is stronger than theirs. We all have the same faith. Faith was written across the hearts and minds of mankind because we kept misinterpreting the written word. Instead of giving us laws to argue over, God gave us the spirit of...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
by Sharon Jaynes Today’s Truth The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. (Exodus 3:7 NIV) Friend to Friend Moses was on the far side of the wilderness whe...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
Proverbs 14 Wisdom builds herself a house; with herown hands Folly pulls it down. He whose course is honest fears Yahweh, he whose paths are crooked scrons him. The fool's mouth contains a rod of pride, the wise man's lips watch over him...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
From Night Light For Couples, by Dr. James & Shirley Dobson “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus.” (Romans 15:5) As in last night’s story, “The Argument,” a difficult...
Posted by Jay Olson
In Heaven as on Earth ------------------------- One day, there was a catastrophic event that caused all living creatures on Earth to die. To sort things out, everyone went to heaven. God came and said, "I want the men to form two lines. One line for the men who ruled their women on Earth and ...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
by Gigi Graham Tchividjan He walked out, closing the door firmly behind him. I heard the car drive away, and with a heavy, aching heart, I leaned against the closed door. Hot, angry tears filled my eyes, spilled over, and ran down my cheeks. How had it happened? How had things built to this point? ...
Posted by Tony Villari
Ever found an old friend from your youth, one you haven't seen in, oh, say... forty-five years? I was happy and privileged to have been blessed with such an episode, just recently. Happy because she was numbered among the few I loved, privileged because she took the time to look me up, a...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
His name may mean: "In Strength" His work: He was a wealthy landowner. His character: Boaz was a capable and upright man, so touched by the loyalty and generosity of a young widow named Ruth that he responded to her with extraordinary generosity, playing the role of kinsman-redeemer for her and he...
Posted by Tony Villari
In the age of the second coming, which face of the less of us will we protect? Which child of God, this time, will we deny three times? And we place so much faith in a book written by men and touted as the Word of God; will we accept its sexist tone to deny that the Christ may reappear a...
Posted by Tony Villari
According to Nelson Mandela, "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." Children are a gift, a heritage, to mankind from the Lord. They are a reward which we have endeavored to corrupt through our abuse. We have forgot...
Posted by Tony Villari
As I look back at my life I see much that I wish I could go back and change. As we get older comes this annoying benefit of hindsight. Unfortunately, we usually find our hindsight is really of little or no benefit to us, at our advanced age the probability of having to make similar decis...
Posted by Tony Villari
When I look into the face of a child, I see the many faces of an emotional God. In children of want, I see a face that asks the question of Christ, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?" And, in this face, I...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
A wise son loves discipline, a mocker will not listen to reproof. When a man has good things to eat, it is the fruit of his own words, but the appetite of the treacherous feeds on violence. He keeps his life who guards his mouth, he who talks to much is lo...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” Proverbs 12:25 Many years ago, at what was then Standard Oil Company, an executive’s mistake cost the firm more than two million dollars. On the day the news leaked, the firm’s employees feared the wrath of...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
ed·u·ca·tion [ej- oo- key-sh uhn] NOUN 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. t...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.” Psalm 140:3 The old adage “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” simply isn’t true. Anyone who has felt the stinging barb of criticism knows that words can deeply wound. Lewis Yablonsky, author of F...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“In all our distress and persecution we were encouraged…” 1 Thessalonians 3:7 When I (jcd) was thirteen, we adopted the most wonderful dog in the world. Penny, as we called him, was smart and obedient. He loved everybody, and everybody loved him. But when I went off to college an...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“Encourage one another daily.” Hebrews 3:13 The Greek translation for the word encouragement is parakletos, which literally means “called alongside to help.” It brings to mind the scriptural image of two people yoked side by side, as when Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
by Jo Ann Larsen Larry and Jo Ann were an ordinary couple. They lived in an ordinary house on an ordinary street. Like any other ordinary couple, they struggled to make ends meet and to do the right things for their children. They were ordinary in yet another way—they had their squabbles. Mu...
Posted by Tony Villari
It has been three years since I founded the Congregation for Religious Tolerance and its associated blog, "The Path." Since that time, I have published 542 posts, at last count, and those have garnered 21,000 pageviews from over 65 countries. These numbers should make me p...
Posted by Tony Villari
What the Vatican, and other world religious leaders, seem to always forget in the fog of pride and ego, their zeal to keep the masses bowing down to kiss the pope's Piscatory Ring, is a faith that goes beyond their petty desires and agenda. It is a faith which transcends religious denomina...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?” Luke 12:20 The utter folly of materialism hit home dramatically for me during a trip to Britain years ago. As I toured the museums and historical buildings, I was struck by what...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
Matthew 18:21-22 21Then Peter went up to him and said, 'Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?' 22*Jesus answered,'Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times. If you dare, please continue reading the scripture on what it is to be exp...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15 At least my intentions were good. I (jcd) once ordered a swing set for my children identical to a shiny display model I’d seen at the store. What arrived, however, was a long box containing rough...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
Daniel 6:1–28 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. (Daniel 6:10) Some years ago a m...
Posted by Pastor. Nathan Schoessow
INTRODUCTION 1. In the minds of many, love is simply an emotion... a. A feeling that cannot be forced b. An emotion that can come and go (e.g., “I don’t love you anymore...”) 2. Yet we are commanded to love... a. And not just in the sense of active...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:24 When our children were young, we would often sing before dinner the chorus, “Come and dine the master calleth, come and dine...&rdquo...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
by Sam Kameleson Once upon a time, there lived a peanut vendor in South India. Every day he walked up and down the beach calling out, “Peanuts! Peanuts for sale! Peanuts!” The man was miserably poor. He barely earned half a living, hardly enough to feed his family. But at night he bragg...
Posted by Patricia Stephens
On December 28, 2005, I experienced "Grace." I'm sure it wasn't the first time in my life I received grace, but it was the only time I can recall it being so bold and consequential. With grace, I stopped smoking. And it was easy. Despite having a 25-year-old relationship with nicotine, I q...
Posted by Tony Villari
Faith isn't a book of scripture. Putting faith in a book will garner nothing. What the book says, however, might show you how and why to have faith, because your decision to have faith is a choice. We are inundated in film and book by images of the faithful holding the Bible in front of them as if i...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
From Forward Day by Day Acts 4:11 This Jesus is “the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.” What an appropriate reading for April Fool’s day! It makes me a little wary of those things I presume to “reject” in my own life. If thes...
Posted by Pastor. Nathan Schoessow
Hello everyone,It has been a very hard few years. I have been ordained since 10/20/2007. Everything was going good My wife and I would attend church service where my wife has been attending for many years. I was talking to another pastor and he said to me for someone to be able to teach the word of ...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
Luke 24:39 Jesus said, “Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”Easter isn’t easy to comprehend. There are places in the scriptures, such as this one, where post-resurrection Jesus goes out of his way to prove that he is as real as you or...
Posted by Kenny Sallee
“Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 We’ve found that retired couples and stay‐at‐home spouses are especially likely to fall into four traps that can take the joy out of life. Here they are, along with some suggestions for avoiding each trap...
Posted by Rev. Donna Donovan
I received this email today from Tommy Rosen...and it was so fitting to the discussion I have been having recently regarding the inmates who do our courses. For many people, not just addicts, it is very difficult to look inside oneself. Yet, that is what is needed for personal growth. The cour...
Posted by Jay Olson
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold:— Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said What ...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
While I was busy and up somewhat late last night, I stumbled across something here which I found very disturbing. I can understand the initial reaction of laughter when someone falls or does something accidentally. The noises, the words they use or the face they make can strike up some giggles...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
Since Sue has spoken to many admin and can't seem to get an answer as to why her blog feature isn't working, I am posting this blog for her, as a request. You may all respond to this blog through comments, however remember this is a blog by Suzanne Ranu, and not myself. Karma: It's not what...
Posted by Tony Villari
Ever wonder what the state of Christianity is in the world today? Ever thought about why Christianity seems to be losing the battles and the war? Take a minute and look up Easter Images on Google. You'll find voluminous images of bunnies and eggs, but very ...
Posted by Rev. Meghan Gurley
I write this on the occasion of my husband, Scott, and my 20th Anniversary. In the first year, he wrote the most amazing prose of my internal and external grace and beauty, and how lucky he was that our paths crossed so perfectly that he had the honor of gaining my eternal love. He called it, &ldquo...
Posted by Lloyd Hargrove
Each of us exists at the center of our own universe, at the center of our perceptions. Those perceptions which most of us happen to share in common we term "reality", but the corollary says reality as perceived is quite a subjective matter. Does that mean "truth" is also subjective? Each person's...
Posted by Reverend Giovano 'Koala' Fusco
I had a strange dream: I was still using my electric wheelchair (not the strange part of the dream) but some how I was wandering around n saw a church that looked like it wasn't being used; church like it was built in early 1900's n wasn't really handicapped accessible... I was looking arou...
Posted by Tony Villari
They say you can't go back home again, and this is true, for the most part. When we leave we grow in ways those who stayed don't experience. Some of us experience the world, others a small part of it. At the end of our journey, when we try to go back, we see home in a different lig...
Posted by Tony Villari
I vote we remember those "heroes who have recently died without denying their faith. Let us remember the heroes of Christianity, Judaism, and of peaceful Islam, who stand and confront this newest of evils infecting our world, and let us give them our praise as "medals of honor" to those who wi...
Posted by Jay Olson
Without the promise heaven--without the threat of hell. There is no need to fill the church nor heed the tolling bell. There is no prize at the finish line--no medals or ribbons of blue. Why sit and listen to old ideas when there are better things we can do? The chur...
Posted by Rev. Michael Daily
I'm looking for an online apparel store for robes/collars/supplies/etc. I'm on a budget, so I'm looking for the best value I can get. Who has the great deals, and the largest selections? Who's got the best Bang for the Buck?! Peace and Love, Rev. M. Daily
Posted by Rev. Christopher Mumie
can someone tell me what to do with a Pa. marriage Lic. on what part goes to the state and what part goes to bride and groom i see what part i get [ this is my first wedding]
Posted by Tony Villari
Some would say this unavoidable outcome of democracy is why our forefathers founded the United States of America as a republic and not a democracy. The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. Looking at the United States we see irrefutable evidence Sir Alex knew of what he spoke. ...
Posted by Jay Olson
Ask not what tomorrow brings--it is but just a dream. Think not unkindly of days gone by--they are but water in a stream. Now is the time, it fits the bill--it lies before my eyes. The present is reality--not made of fiction or of lies. We all walk down a path of life--a field of shifting ti...
Posted by Jay Olson
As darkness settles in and silence fills the void--I bid farewell to the day. Seemingly effortless the day becomes a memory slowly slipping away. Stardust and moonbeams cover my weary face--waves of sleep are the tide. No longer awake or able to see the last vestige of yesterday's ride. Lyin...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 "...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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? ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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, ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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...
Posted 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 ...