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  • Religions and Divisions

    Posted August 17, 2011 by Reverend Jim Hall

    Religion for the most part is loosely based on historical facts.  The places existed, but the facts are obscured by the stories that were passed from one person to the other person. Most of the information in the sacred texts was verbally told to a group as the written word was not available a...

  • PUBLIC PARKS FOR RELIGIOUS USE?

    Posted August 17, 2011 by Deleted Member

    An Olympia church is considering its legal options after the state of Washington denied its request to hold a baptism ceremony at a park on the grounds of the Capitol. Officials at Reality Church had wanted to hold a barbecue and baptism last Sunday at Heritage Park. The park, located on the grou...

  • The question of treatment

    Posted August 16, 2011 by Rev. Lisa Taylor

    This is subject is close to my heart. I have friends and family members that had made this type of choice at one time or another in their life. It is not that I am against going holistic or that of taking medication prescribed by Physicians . What concerns me is the transition from one to the other ...

  • Change

    Posted August 15, 2011 by Oracle C.T. Webb

    Sometimes when a couple gets married, things begin to change.  There is not as great an effort at winning over the other and little by little, time spent together may decrease due to jobs, kids, and other responsibilities.  With a divorce rate at more than 50%, it is important to understan...

  • Faith and Health

    Posted August 15, 2011 by Oracle C.T. Webb

    Faith plays an important role in healing and walking in divine health.  Many doctors admit that their patient’s faith plays an important role in their recoveries.  Those with great faith usually recover faster and have a better attitude than those with little or no faith.   In...

  • Jesus accepts everyone

    Posted August 15, 2011 by chester begley

    I have several people who telling me that God won't accept them. John 3:16 says For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. By this everyone who believes in Jesus Christ is accepted into heaven so I don'...

  • thank you

    Posted August 15, 2011 by pastor kenneth robar

    to all who help me thank you so much i did get help you all have a good hart and so caring i do not know how i can re pay you all for your help i did get the help i need thanks to all of you for all your caring under standing with me

  • Saul: The Light at the Surface is Reaching Down to You

    Posted August 14, 2011 by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD

    Channeler: John Smallman http://www.johnsmallman.wordpress.com   August 14, 2011   As the moment of humanity’s awakening approaches, many of you are feeling stressed, wiped out, exhausted, doubtful, and anxious. This is partly due to the conflicting energy frequencies that you...

  • Mystical Self-Direction in Life - "Prayer Treatment"

    Posted August 14, 2011 by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD

    "I speak forth into the PRESENCE of my GOD-MIND, at the center of my consciousness within me. You know the direction of everything I should be doing in my life at this time. So, let YOUR influence be within my every thought this day and every day of my life. I open my mind, body, soul...

  • The Bankers' Budgetdebt

    Posted August 14, 2011 by Reverend Doctor John Reuling Sr. of The NCO

    The financial elite whose only response to our country's financial crisis it has created has even more draconian attacks on the social conditions of our people. Budget cuts have been drawn up in continual and close contact with a handful of banking executives who have the ultimate say over money pol...

  • ONE LIFE, ONE CHANCE

    Posted August 14, 2011 by Deleted Member

    I BELIEVE I will pass through this world but once.   Any GOOD therefore that I can DO   or any kindness that I can show...   LET ME DO IT NOW.   Let me not put it off   for I shall NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN...   (from the writings of R.W. Emerson)

  • The SOURCE of my prosperity is GOD

    Posted August 14, 2011 by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD

    When I started to meditate daily, I became able to communicate with my HIGHER SELF, or GOD within me. I learned again to listen and to follow my intuition. This is the WAY, which can also be called life or love, the Will of God or the Holy Spirit. It doesn’t matter what we call it, what matter...

  • When you need a miracle where do you turn?

    Posted August 13, 2011 by Alfredo Josef Honegger Rev. DD PhD

    Most people simply underestimate the power of prayer. If you don’t believ in God, you can think of this as summoning the power of the Way through your inexorable connection to it. God, Love, the Way – whatever you want to refer to this HIGHER POWER as – tapping your connection to a...

  • special galic

    Posted August 13, 2011 by Prætor Chris Bartz

    Ar n-Athair a tha air nèamh, Gu naomhaichear d'ainm. Thigeadh do rìoghachd. Dèanar do thoil air an talamh, mar a nìthear air nèamh. Tabhair dhuinn an-diugh ar n-aran làitheil. Agus maith dhuinn ar fiachan, amhail a mhaitheas sinne dar luchd-fiach. Agus na le...

  • A Touch of Reality

    Posted August 11, 2011 by Rev. Lisa Taylor

    I had posted something that was really a post to make one think about the actions some of us have here on ULC site, I want to thank those that responded to the post. Some times people are not what they seem to be, they promote brotherly and sisterly love but attach conditions of their own to their f...

  • Lightworker

    Posted August 11, 2011 by Vernon McClanahan

    I wanted to share this and also keep it for personal referance. Author Unknown...What is a lightworker?     Lightworker (now-n);Any being dedicated to the cultivation of inner presence and the elevation of awareness in self and other selves. This being is called a lightworker a...

  • Love

    Posted August 11, 2011 by Kimberly S Lewis

    It is common when getting in an argument with someone to walk away, we think that is better to cool down and come back when we are composed.  But, this is not what Yeshua (Jesus) suggested.  He left us many clues on the matter, lets look at these clues in detail.   1.  ...

  • The Good News

    Posted August 11, 2011 by Kimberly S Lewis

    Each heart knows it own bitterness, and one else can share its joy - Proverbs 14:10   A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him -  Proverbs 17:25   What advantage,then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?  M...

  • Catlin's Creed

    Posted August 10, 2011 by Reverend Rosemarie Mohr

    Catlin’s Creed   I love a people who have always made welcome to the best they had I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses I love a people who the commandments without ever having read them or heard them preached from the pulpit I love a peopl...

  • CELEBRATE SHAMPOO DIVERSITY

    Posted August 9, 2011 by Deleted Member

    " Celebrate shampoo diversity and the unity of clean hair ! " This is a quote from a posting I made earlier today in response to another minister's post. Another minister here took it as an insult due to their personal perception and interpretation of my comment. I support their right to expres...

  • DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL CREED?

    Posted August 9, 2011 by Deleted Member

    MY PERSONAL CREED:   My Power lies in my ability and desire to affect POSITIVE change. I overcome obstacles by facing CHALLENGES head on. I rely on reason and design. It is my honor to protect and defend TRUTH. I aim to measure twice and cut once. I am driven by a sense of DUTY and my co...

  • Your Friendly Neighborhood BOOK

    Posted August 9, 2011 by Deleted Member

    CELEBRATE Book Lover's Day, August 9th, 2011 Book lovers have a keen insight into the human experience, a terrific way with words. If you're a book lover, or have a book lover in your life, today you can celebrate their passions by giving them --what else?-- a new book. And if you've always wanted ...

  • HOW TO BE A BLESSING

    Posted August 8, 2011 by Jason Garren

    INTRODUCTION: 1.     An outstanding book came out several years ago, entitled “The Blessing”, by two Christian psychologist, Gary Smalley and John Trent.  This morning, I am going to share with you some thoughts from that excellent book.  2.  &n...

  • TOUGH TIMES

    Posted August 7, 2011 by Deleted Member

    When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,When funds are low and the debts are high,And you want to smile but you have to sigh,When care is pressing you down a bit,Rest if you must, but don't you quit.Life is queer with its twists and turns,As every ...

  • acceptance

    Posted August 6, 2011 by Tammie, Rev Wonder

    I have written something like this before…but thought I would try and put it to words again.   We are very emotional beings.  We learn by our mistakes and our rewards.  Our realities are shaped by our pasts and what we seek for our futures.  Not all people see things the...

  • Honor Your Mother

    Posted August 5, 2011 by Deleted Member

    THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF A COMPLAINT I FILED WITH OUR LOCAL PUBLIC BUS COMPANY TODAY: I am only 4 feet 11 inches tall and in my mid-50's. I often ride the bus because I have problems with my legs and feet. I am writing this because I am tired of always having difficulty getting on and off buse...

  • Somalia Children: What are we going to do?

    Posted August 5, 2011 by Keisha Merchant

      “The United Nations has said previously that tens of thousands of people have died in the drought, the worst in Somalia in 60 years. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished; a statistic that suggests the death toll of small children will rise.” US: 29,000 S...

  • Spiritual Materialism’s Top-Ten List

    Posted August 4, 2011 by Reverend Rosemarie Mohr

    I had the honor and priveledge of working with Elizibeth Lesser at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. This is an excerpt from her book, The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure, enjoy!   Spiritual Materialism’s Top-Ten List   1. Narcissism: There’s a th...

  • Obeying Authority

    Posted August 3, 2011 by Jason Garren

     Romans 13:1-2 "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgmen...

  • Oberon Zell's Essay: We Are the Other People

    Posted August 2, 2011 by Sandra Palmer

    We Are the Other People Oberon (Otter) Zell The following is an Article published three or four years ago in Green Egg. "Ding-dong!" goes the doorbell. Is it Avon calling? Or perhaps Ed McMahon with my three million dollars? No, it's Yahweh's Witlesses again, just wanting to have a nice lit...

  • The PROPER role for a priest (minister, etc.)

    Posted August 2, 2011 by radar pangaean

    This is the 3rd in a series of posts from 5-6 years ago on my personal blog. The previous two are also posted here, as my last two blog entries.   Page 1: Even if they don't happen to be pedophiles, do we REALLY need 'em?   When i'm analyzing a problem, i usually note that there are ma...

  • Why Women Should Not Take Men Shopping

    Posted August 2, 2011 by Fr. Douglas Grohne

    From the Internet--could apply to any couple!!   After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women – she loves to brows...

  • Everyone can heal

    Posted August 1, 2011 by Christl Buskohl

    Touch is the first tool we turn to when confronting pain. We react similarly to a stubbed toe and a broken heart, tenderly grasping the affected area. This need to apply physical contact is part of the innate healing instinct present within each of us. We are all born with the ability to heal oursel...

  • The likelihood of corruption within a priesthood

    Posted August 1, 2011 by radar pangaean

    Part 2 of a series i started earlier today (i.e. my previous blog post). NOTE: AS used in this series, te term 'priest' is a generic catch-all for anyone who claims a role of spiritual leadership, ESPECIALLY if they also claim that this role conveys to them some special relationship with the superna...

  • Why i don't share your beliefs

    Posted August 1, 2011 by radar pangaean

    About 7 years ago, i had a blog on which i posted my musings of that time. Someone at that time had asked me "how can an atheist have any morals or ethics?" I found the question LAUGHABLE, considering the abysmal level of the average ethical behavior of tbose who DO claim belief in a god, but i deci...

  • As a Christian

    Posted July 31, 2011 by Pastor Joy & Manny Maestas

    As a Christian……   Why do people use this as some kind of  Badge, or authoritative doctrine.  You think by saying this it gives you all knowing authority to put down someone or condemn their action and makes you right?   I recently was what I would call re confi...

  • Dealing with Pain

    Posted July 31, 2011 by Reverend Rosemarie Mohr

    Dealing with Pain   Into each life some rain must fall. I’m not sure if that’s the exact quote but you get the idea, this however is: “It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon, I want to know if you have been touched by the center of your own sorrow,...

  • WATCH WHAT YOU SAY

    Posted July 31, 2011 by Yvette Bobb

    With the tongue we praise our lord and Father, and with it we curse men who have been made in God

  • America

    Posted July 30, 2011 by Reverend Rosemarie Mohr

    Some of you have seen this already, I decided it was time to post for everyone, as always, my words come from my heart.   America   America the beautiful Sometimes I think not The land, it was stolen Through unfair battles fought   Its caretakers murdered Their children and ...

  • Old Robert Arthur and the Power of Prayer

    Posted July 29, 2011 by Fr. Douglas Grohne

    Now Old Robert Arthur, “Bob,” 1907-2002 was a staunch German Lutheran as was his father and grandfather before him. He owned several businesses, was in the US Army during WW2, and traveled by car throughout the country. He also was never shy about dispensing advice to others.   ...

  • Beauty

    Posted July 29, 2011 by Reverend Rosemarie Mohr

    "I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it's not pretty, everyday, and if you can source your own life from it's presence,"   A line from "the Invitation" by Oriah Mountain Dreamer. Do we often take the simple everyday things for granted? Can you see beauty in a blade of grass, or th...

  • Our Ancestors

    Posted July 29, 2011 by Amanda Gatewood

    The idea of honoring our ancestors unfortunately is a practice that here in the Western world is often few and far between. Ancestors are more than just dead relatives, they are consistant guardians and spirit guides of your family. It seems that the mindset of the Western world is to honor the memo...

  • Yin and Yang

    Posted July 28, 2011 by Amanda Gatewood

        Everything in this wonderful universe has the yin yang principle. Throughout our school years we are taught about opposites in science, mathematics, art theory, even in language. Someone posed the question, "What is the opposite of mankind?" After pondering this question, the answe...

  • Heaven on Earth?

    Posted July 28, 2011 by Christl Buskohl

    The world awakens each day from its nightly slumber, transformed by a sparkling layer of morning dew on the grass, on flower petals and leaves, on cars and car windows. These glistening droplets last only a little while, an integral part of what imbues the early morning with its aura of magic. If we...

  • A wise man once said

    Posted July 27, 2011 by Vernon McClanahan

    A wise man once said "In order to reach our full potential we must remain open to all things and attached to nothing." This resonated within me and is a principle I have incorporated into my life. You see we are in a constant state of learning and our understanding continues to evolve every momen...

  • Old Robert Arthur "Personnel Manager"

    Posted July 26, 2011 by Fr. Douglas Grohne

      Old Robert Arthur ,“Bob,”was born in 1907 and died in 2002. He could be loud, stubborn, and overbearing, but he sure had some good stories to tell. He left the Army in 1945 as a Lieutenant Colonel, just shy of Brigadier and went to work at his family's concrete plant in a medi...

  • Faith

    Posted July 25, 2011 by Rev. Suzanne Ranu

    Faith is a gift of the Creator.   It is not a material that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched;   But is as real as anything that can be perceived with these senses.   One can be aware of Faith as easily as one can be aware of earth.   Faith is as certain as ...

  • Think About it " The Clock "

    Posted July 25, 2011 by Michael Stutz

        Each and every tick of the clock. Is each and every second I am closer to going Home to Heaven.   Written By: Michael Paul Stutz

  • Setting Up A Benevolence Fund

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Bishop Michael Collins-Windsor, Ph.D.

    Setting Up A Benevolence Fund - Christian and non-Christian Help For The Needy     Recently here at the ULC there was a blog that I participated in, and there were several opinions within the blog's comments on what constitutes "helping the needy" and what does not.  What shou...

  • the Sacred Pipe of the T'salagi (The People)

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Adelohosgi (Jimmy) Hubbard

    Most all Nations have stories about the 'Sacred Pipe'. What many people refer to it as The Peace Pipe. Which is an incorrect Hollywood thought shown in the old west movies and cartoons. The Sacred pipe is to the Native Americans as the cross is to christian cultures.The pipe, in one form or an...

  • The Source How Us Cherokees made it to Mexico

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Adelohosgi (Jimmy) Hubbard

     Osiyo. Our grandfathers’ most ancient stories tell us that we Cherokees were in exodus and walked a great distance when we came to the ocean. With faith we built rafts and crossed the ocean, coming from the East to the West and established a life for ourselves in this new land of the Ame...

  • Vibrations And The Duality Of Life

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Adelohosgi (Jimmy) Hubbard

    As vibrations move, they grow. Thru growth comes positive: balance, beauty, love, light, breath, and knowledge, but yet comes the duality of human life, negative: unbalance, ugliness, hate, darkness, death, and stupidity. Duality: n.The quality or character of being twofold; dichotomy. Vibrations:...

  • Medicine Wheel

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Adelohosgi (Jimmy) Hubbard

    Medicine Wheel   The Medicine Wheel is representative of American Indian Spirituality. The Medicine Wheel symbolizes the individual journey we each must take to find our own path. Within the Medicine Wheel are The Four Cardinal Directions and the Four Sacred Colors. The Circle represents the ...

  • Take a Nap, Stop Worrying! – Exploring Gemini in the Gospel (by

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Franco Santoro

    In the article titled Gospel in the Stars or Stars in the Gospel? (click here) I referred to the intimate association between the Bible and astrology. I also mentioned the Gospel of Mark and its division in 12 sections, each corresponding to a zodiac sign, set in the natural order from Aries to Pis...

  • Heaven & Hell: The Search for Meaning and Jurisdiction (by Fran

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Franco Santoro

    Heaven & Hell: The Search for Meaning and Jurisdiction (by Franco Santoro)   see: http://astroshamanic.blogspot.com/2011/06/heaven-hell-search-for-meaning-and.html   We live in a world in which we are constantly exposed to huge amounts of information. Never in the whole of human hist...

  • Spiritual Diet for Dummies: On the Eucharist and the Zodiac Sig

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Franco Santoro

    Spiritual Diet for Dummies: On the Eucharist and the Zodiac Sign of Cancer (by Franco Santoro) In the article titled Gospel in the Stars or Stars in the Gospel? (click here) I referred to the intimate association between the Bible and astrology. I also mentioned the Gospel of M...

  • Pentecost: Birth of a Holistic and Shamanic Church (by Franco S

    Posted July 24, 2011 by Rev. Franco Santoro

    There are three major holidays in the Christian calendar. Two of them (Christmas and Easter) are widely known to all people, Christians and non-Christians. The third feast, Pentecost, officially taking place this year on 12 June close to one of the longest total lunar ecli...

  • In being Loved.

    Posted July 23, 2011 by Rev. Suzanne Ranu

    It is in loving, not in being loved, the heart is blessed.   It is in being true to who you are, not pretending to be someone else, the heart is blessed.   It is in being true to your loved ones, not pretending to love, the heart is blessed.   It is in giving, not in seeking gif...

  • I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW LONG IT'S BEEN?

    Posted July 22, 2011 by TERESA JENTZEN

    WOW....I JUST SAW THAT MY LAST ENTRY WAS FROM MAY 26, 2011. HERE IT IS NEARING THE END OF JULY AND I HAVENT ADDED A WORD. I MENTONED HOW PAINFUL WRITING AND SHARING MY STORY HAS BEEN, BUT RUNNING FROM IT WON'T HELP MATTERS. SO HERE I BEGIN AGAIN......I LEFT OFF WITH HAVING DIVORCED MY SECOND HUSBAND...

  • Creating Ones Own Path!

    Posted July 22, 2011 by Otis Benton

    I could have followed the same path as the multitudes traveled before me,however it didn't seem to be worth the effort,for I have discovered that to travel down the same path that the multitudes have traveled, there would not be anything left to enjoy,nothing left for me to discover,for everyth...

  • Gone Fishing!

    Posted July 21, 2011 by Otis Benton

    The other day my brother and I went fishing in his boat.While we were fishing my brother kept moving from one side of the boat casting out his line,trying every thing he could to catch a fish. Mean while I am still sitting in the same place fishing on the same side I started on. I had already caught...

  • There is a moment

    Posted July 21, 2011 by Tammie, Rev Wonder

    There is a moment, a concept of time Where reason has vanished, the being so fine The seasons they call you, your heart it holds dear The elements of life, you see touch and hear.   But now its is waning, your soul is quite lost Your life it needs changing, but you balk at the cost For f...

  • FAMILY GONE HOME

    Posted July 20, 2011 by PASTOR KENNETH lee

    TO EVERYONE MY FAMILY MEMBER HAS GONE HOME AND IS DOING WELL I THANK YOU ALL FOR ASKING WELL HAS WELL HAS SHE CAN DO

  • You are wanting to be ALLOWERS

    Posted July 20, 2011 by Rev. Jan Anderson

    ABRAHAM: Let us interrupt before you go any further. The tendency is to blame the other for his imperfection.We are wanting you to assume the responsibility for his imperfection as he interacts with you, for you are soliciting it from him. The tendency is to see a flaw in another and judge and blame...

  • Raised right, gone wrong...

    Posted July 19, 2011 by Dixie Stack

    I've been busy. And I've also been trying to stay cool in this ******* heat. I dance at night and during the day, I sleep in my very, very dark bedroom next to the AC which runs full blast. AC is crucial in Florida. I know a few people who try and live without it (too much money for them to run), bu...

  • For My Sisters and Brothers in Christ

    Posted July 19, 2011 by Rev. Don Ray

    From A Friend   "For the Lord your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!’" ~ Deuteronomy 20:4 (NLT) Greetings in Christ Fellow Servants, I pray this day finds you realizing how truly blessed you are! ...

  • Equal does NOT mean "the same"

    Posted July 19, 2011 by radar pangaean

    A bit of humor. I am a FIRM proponent for equality. Not JUST equality between men and women, or gays and straights, or any two other subgroups you care to mention, but TRUE EQUALITY for all.   From MY view, the people who focus on ONE aspect of that are more often simply looking out for thems...

  • Common Ground

    Posted July 18, 2011 by radar pangaean

    There are people here, and in real life, with whom i cannot have a meaningful dialog. The same is true for each of you, whether you realize that or not. I make every effort to keep an open mind, and to understand the other person's point of view in a discussion, but as with any person my abilit...

  • my test.....

    Posted July 18, 2011 by Kimberly McCleod

    Everyday I discover just how much this life seems to be testing me. People toying with my emotions constantly testing me. If you have a problem just be real with me not play childish games like we're in elementary. This type of behavior really gets to me up under my skin and sits sour in me. Makes ...

  • Idiots of Late!

    Posted July 18, 2011 by Nikki Young

    Okay ya’ll, everybody grab your boot straps and put on your big girl panties cause I’m about to tick some people off, and if you’re among those who get ticked over what I’m about to say well…. TOO BAD!! It seems here lately that we’ve  had an influx of the ...

  • Live Speak Care Love

    Posted July 18, 2011 by Rev. Victor Jay Davidson

    Live simply.  Speak kindly.  Care deeply.  Love generously.  Four of the most beautiful sentences ever written or spoke.  These are the ways that Jesus walked the earth teaching people they should live thier lives.  Read them again and think of they ways that Jesus spok...

  • Break A Sacred Trust

    Posted July 17, 2011 by Pastor Joy & Manny Maestas

    I must confess I believe I have sinned.  I did something recently that had a profound effect on how people see me. It was so shocking to some that they stopped talking to me, some didn’t recognize me at all, but all seemed truly surprised.  I am known as being quiet but when ask my ...

  • Musing

    Posted July 17, 2011 by Rev. Suzanne Ranu

    Yesterday at the para legal meeting, I was talking to a woman who lives in the area of NJ that I used to live... We had a nice conversation about the area and then she asked me a question, "How do you do it after everything you have been through in your life how do you keep smiling?"  "Why are ...

  • StrongBears thoughts after Prayers

    Posted July 17, 2011 by Rama StrongBear

    Shared to you from Rama StrongBear year - July 17, 2011 Remember that by the grace that was already given to us all we have to do learn of our self and learn the basic laws of the spiritual understanding which was already past to us many times by our brothers and sisters in the past.  To becom...

  • Left and Right Politics in America

    Posted July 17, 2011 by Fr. Douglas Grohne

    Here's story about planning and the Republican vs. Democrat approach to money and spending. A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him...

  • Hypocrits!!

    Posted July 17, 2011 by Mystic Angel

    I can see why so many people are leaving this site. Talk about a serious headache. Everyone standing up to "encourage" Freedom of Religion and when people do it turns into World War 3 and call it " debate". You not only insult my intellegnce, but those you respond to. Even with your big words and "a...

  • The Fix

    Posted July 16, 2011 by Rev. Shaun Crosley

    There was an article in the St.Petersburg FL Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on: "How Would You Fix the Economy?" I think this guy nailed it!!!!   Dear Mr. President,   Please find my suggestions for fixing America's Economy that follow below:   Instead of gi...

  • a capital response: the dichotomy

    Posted July 16, 2011 by arlia slotkin, high priestess

    So, i  am awakened and transformed by this notion of assigning meaning to the use or purposeful non-use of capital letters. It makes conscious in me what i have been doing for years, often to criticism. I have always preferred to use a small i as a pronoun and to not capitalize my first name. I...

  • A Capital Idea!

    Posted July 16, 2011 by radar pangaean

    Steven & arlia: For the most part, i don't explain this subject in great detail, as it's actually a personal internal matter. However, you BOTH expressed a personal interest for your own spirituality regarding my choice to cease capitalization of my name, and the pronoun i (though in the latter case...

  • Congressman Rangel held a news conference where he asked "What

    Posted July 15, 2011 by Desmond Oconnor

    11th July 2011 ..... Recently Congressman Rangel held a news conference where he asked "What would Jesus do" about the debt problem. Rangel summed up his argument by saying, "You know all of this is biblical... If you read your bibles and you read the spiritual scriptures you will see that clearly t...

  • Disagreeing with CONTENT is NOT censoring you.

    Posted July 15, 2011 by radar pangaean

    As a followup to my last post, i must also say that i may have been the only reader who noted the IRONY of the complaint that people sometimes forget to focus on the message instead of each word, because in MY view, that's exactly what this complainer had done. As *i* saw this situation, someone had...

  • The Christian foundation of a Non-Christian

    Posted July 15, 2011 by Rev. Alan Quandt

    My mother and even more so my father, are strong Christians.  They have been and probably always will be.  They branched out of the more traditional church when I was only a year old.  They joined about 15 other couples and started a new church.  This church has since grown it's ...

  • First day of crisis training

    Posted July 15, 2011 by Tammie, Rev Wonder

    Day one of Individual Crisis Training.   I am a Christian.  Kind of a simple statement, but I have been on so many sites where Christian bashing is the norm.  I frequent Pagan sites, and a Universal Ministry site and see the horrible things that those that use the title Christian ha...

  • Burnt Offerings and Other Things in Leviticus

    Posted July 15, 2011 by Sandra Palmer

    (This is mostly for Clint.  I didn't write it, it was reputedly written by someone to Laura Schlessinger (spelling?) when she had her radio show.)    1.      Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purch...

  • Marital Rights

    Posted July 15, 2011 by Sandra Palmer

    This is from the Religious Tolerance Website:  http://www.religioustolerance.org/mar_bene.htm   On the order of 1,400 legal rights are conferred upon married couples in the U.S. Typically these are composed of about 400 state benefits and over 1,000 federal benefits. Among them are the...

  • What Body Resurrected?

    Posted July 14, 2011 by Keisha Merchant

    Today’s sermon is about the resurrection of the first born in the human race.  What does this mean to be the first born to be raise the from the dead.  According to the scripture people longed to understand how their lifescan regenerate from the aging process of their lives from grow...

  • ~ Death ~ What A Wonderful Way To Explain It.

    Posted July 14, 2011 by Rev. Randy Green

    A sick man turned to his Doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side ?  Very queitly, the Doctor said, I don't know.  You don't know ?  said the sick man. But Your a Christian man, And don't know wh...

  • marage

    Posted July 14, 2011 by High Priestess Camara A. Matsumoto

    I need help. I can't find any one to marry. can anyone help me? what do I do?

  • My personal experience with the "gay marriage movement" in NY.

    Posted July 13, 2011 by Hector Diaz

    "In 1999, as I researched the marriage equality argument which was practically unknown or undiscussed at that time I encountered the site www.marriageequality.org.  I immediately believed it was an issue worth standing for and responded to the cause actively engaging in activism in my own city ...

  • Humaneness, Core of Confucian Beliefs, and of others as well

    Posted July 13, 2011 by radar pangaean

    I've had a few people ask me to post the paper i just submitted to a course i'm taking. Here ya go! Enjoy (or not!)HUMANENESS The Core of Confucianism and Shared with The Three Primary Western Religions                 radar pangaean CST 232 Summe...

  • Who am i?

    Posted July 13, 2011 by Rev. Michael Rivera

    when i first joined the ULC and became a minister i was a lost child in the dark. a lot of people who knew me from my past asked why would i do this and who would believe me as a Minister.   I belive in me as a minister.   and i am still in the dark but i have my candle with me now. ...

  • One Year Ago Today !

    Posted July 13, 2011 by Rev. Lisa Taylor

    Someone somewhere at some point has asked," Where were you and what were you doing one year ago today ?" That simple question is hard for me to answer because my time is not measured by years , months nor days, but by 31,536,000 seconds that add up to 525.600 minutes and then flows into 8760 hours. ...

  • ObamaCare?

    Posted July 13, 2011 by Reverend Doctor John Reuling Sr. of The NCO

    Everyone wants lower premiums, excellent benefits, long quality time with their doctors, the latest in diagnostic tools and medications, all people covered, happy doctors whose malpractice burden is low, no penalty for pre-existing conditions, no termination of insurance for sudden or severe illness...

  • On "Christians" and others (not) helping people...

    Posted July 12, 2011 by The Rt. Rev. Mark Luljak

    This blog has been a long time coming--since summer 2000, in fact.  The original impetus was given then, and I've sat on the issue for a while.  Recent things I've observed have let me to get more and more puzzled, frustrated, and downright surly, in turns, to the point that I'm now ready ...

  • IS IT OR IS IT NOT DEFAMATION ?

    Posted July 11, 2011 by Rev. Lisa Taylor

    In my IMHO there has been so much of an out break among members throwing around the word defamation last few months I thought I would do a little research on the subject at hand. What I have found out will surprise many and maybe put to rest what is and is not defamation. First of all it is a civil ...

  • JESUS asked

    Posted July 10, 2011 by Yvette Bobb

    All of us feed the body.Are we as careful to feed the soul,Which has more value than all this world?

  • Does It Hurt, To Be insulted or Judged in a Public Place?

    Posted July 10, 2011 by Otis Benton

    Indeed it does! I myself have felt the wrath and the hurt of being insulted and judged in a public place. This is not a good feeling and I would not wish anyone to feel as I have felt on that day.  Therefore I for one shall never practice or pass any insults or judge any one because of wha...

  • a song

    Posted July 10, 2011 by Prætor Chris Bartz

    Ich werde in die Tannen gehen Dahin wo ich sie zuletzt gesehen Doch der Abend wirft ein Tuch aufs Land und auf die Wege hinterm Waldesrand Und der Wald er steht so schwarz und leer Weh mir, oh weh Und die Vögel singen nicht mehr Ohne dich kann ich nicht sein Ohne dich Mit dir bin ich...

  • happy birthday Aaron

    Posted July 9, 2011 by pastor kenneth robar

    A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Aaron on wednesday all the best to you

  • My Calling

    Posted July 8, 2011 by arlia slotkin, high priestess

    I can trace my current path to this moment from my journal in 2007.     "The truth that shines through like a prism in the noonday sun is that  I am a woman with something to say and it is time to stop de-valuing my work, time to be who I know I am and not varnish it with socially ...