Posted by Rev. Christina Anderson
I don't know where to start. I am new to this today. Yesterday was the breaking point for me. I have lived my life always trying to please and do what's right, and for the last little while I have been feeling like someone else. My spunk is gone, my zest for life is gone. I can't find...
Posted by Matthew James
Greetings to all who might read this, Where are we most needed in times of great change? I feel that we are most needed by those who we not only care about, but those who we have not even met yet! There are a great multitude of beings who might be our neighbors, or ...
Posted by Shenica Graham
Here are some songs you may not have heard before http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=697523&content=music since I recorded all the vocals on my PC. Not great soung quality from my computer, but it's done out of love for my Savior. Peace and blessings. - Enjoy!
Posted by Kimberley Stroup
I created a website today to advertise my services as an ordained minister. Does anyone else do this? What sort of information do you include? What kind of services do you offer? If you don't use a website, how do you get the word out?
Posted by Patriarch ISAAC
Our Lady, Great Mother & Queen, who has withstood through all time and who will be in the end. Guide me closer to God through your selfless acts of humanity. Heal me as I pray to you in all your names as one. Nourish my Spirit to allow me to see and feel your everlasting epiphany. Forgive ...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
this i dont understand many have commented on my blogs and polls that a topic/subject is minor or pointless. i very much like people discussing the topic i think of but why do people go out of their way to tell me how to do what i do i understand they might not believe in my topic its just they s...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
Many Gentiles today seem to be really hung up on the 10 commandments of the law. These are very good values to live by, a great moral guide for us. I do find it strange however that they tend to forget the other 603 laws ...
Posted by Daniel Arendt
In support of recent blog posts on the Resurrection, I made two comments citing Tacitus and Josephus, inter alia, as many theologians hold the Gospels to be “contoured” truth…sayings of Jesus, but presented under Apostolic kerugma apropos at their time; many theologians also hold ...
Posted by Shenica Graham
God is still on the throne! Two days ago, I visited a prophecy website which I had come across about a decade ago. I had not seen it in recent years. What I found there this week was what I interpreted as in error concerning spirtual things. I proclaimed in the name of Jesus that th...
Posted by Rev. David Friend
" Try not to become a man (person) of success but a man (person) of value." (Albert Einstein)
Posted by Marian Durden
Dear Friends, I just needed some info and good thoughts from any brother or sister who is "possessed" with all things spiritual, as am I. I claim Theravada Buddhism as my main source of inspiration but am planning a trip to the Peruvian Amazon to work with the Shamans at a particular ret...
Posted by Rev. David Friend
Dualism: Light and darkness, life and death, right and left, are brothers of one another. (Gnostic Gospel of Phillip) The Magical Universe. It is not possible for anyone to see anything of the things that actually exist unless he becomes like them. (Gnostic Gospel of Phillip) Mystery. I shall give...
Posted by Dan22510 Dan2510
Can never say thank handed a few friends is not easy! "Among friends, perhaps to say" thank you "is an easy task, even the simple to the grief will be able to tell. However, I really can do it without saying a thank you, but it is a rare beauty. A true friend for life do not say a 'thank' ...
Posted by Dan22510 Dan2510
It is often said:LifeKnown to have been a rare one! Known fact of life has been an intermediary between the husband and the lover a special and important role. This is a very and I am really pure emotion, it is more than love to be light, deeper than friendship, he was living in the area of your ...
Posted by Dan22510 Dan2510
LifeWith the friendship, it will not feel lonely, life will become rich. Friendship is like a pool of clear spring, and from there can learn from the lives of slurry. With our hearts to operate bar! The sun was out, the sun through the windows, the shiny red light hit the white wall. I sat quietl...
Posted by Eric Kelly
i made a mistake and erased the group .so all members please come back . sorry i was sick and did it god bless you all . Rev Eric Kelly
Posted by Doug Ketchum
Sounds strange doesn't it? That an amputaion can be a blessing. August 21 2008 I was riding my motorcycle when I was hit by a drunk driver. Of course the women drinking and driving was not hurt at all, I on the other hand got 5 broken ribs, a badly brused hip, and I had to have my right foot am...
Posted by Doug Ketchum
Sounds strange doesn't it? That an amputaion can be a blessing. August 21 2008 I was riding my motorcycle when I was hit by a drunk driver. Of course the women drinking and driving was not hurt at all, I on the other hand got 5 broken ribs, a badly brused hip, and I had to have my right foot am...
Posted by High Priestess Ellen E. Bishop
Have you ever woken up and just been in love? The sun was shining and birds were singing in your heart even if it was cloudy and drizzling outside your windows? Your mind and spirit were joyful even though the vacuum and washer were running? The trials of home and work seemed so small compared to th...
Posted by Rev. David Friend
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. Carl Jung, "Modern Man in Search of a Soul" Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961)
Posted by Abraham Bernstein
Ok so here i sit after tellin a freind of mine that I've been ordaned, and he laughed at me. I love him like a brother, but I want to punch him. I know that I'm ordaned and enlightend, so I want to punch him with ritious indignation. But I won't I just need to vent a little so here it...
Posted by Rev. David Friend
"Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to get rid of suffering, and everyone has the basic right to do this. In this way, all here are the same, whether rich or poor, educat...
Posted by Anthony Frisko
The universe is here. It either began or has been forever. We are a part of this universe... Though our perspective of it may be small... It goes on very far. The universe is alive. "Oh but I can debate that!" Hush! Listen... There is life within the universe... As there is life within us. Bi...
Posted by Darrell Olson
I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to improve my quality of life. I am by no means perfect, but then again, perfection lies in the eyes of the beholder, and to behold yourself as a perfect creation is nothing short of admittance of a greater truth that awaits behind closed doors. Perfecti...
Posted by Rev. Danial Allman
Hey, Im starting out on my journey as a minister compleatly now. if anyone has advice im all ears, Im starting out with absolutly nothing. Please keep me in your prayers.
Posted by Daniel Arendt
It’s often said that a problem with Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and a host of other ontological philosophers was that they either ignored or had certain sciences not available to them, thus they labored in “ignorance” on mind-body dualisms or significance. But a good number of atheism-p...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
(These blogs are designed to do "transformation work," I would like to think of house keeping business. These are not the feel good articles. These articles are meant to stir up, as some who are in the spirit, quicken the spirit, to question life and so hopefully transform. ...
Posted by Timothy Hayes
The Mindshifters group watched the first half of the lecture by Dr. Michael Ryce, "Empowered to Heal". This lecture discusses observations about how we are energetic systems and not "physical bodies". This week my learning is about the importance of repetition for the material I find most valu...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
Too often in today's society we have a tenancy to concentrate on all the bad, the economy, corrupt bankers, charity leaders making as much as a pro ball player, crime, no health care, a political system as broken and...
Posted by Veronica Rosas
Ok so my healing work has finally got some feet. I should have a website up and running in a few weeks but for now... www.facebook.com/home.php Any support is much appreciated. This is my heart and soul!
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
Charity is a wonderful thing and we should contribute to those who help the poor. Unfortunately too many times the CEO lives like a king on the back of the donations. ...
Posted by Rev. Dr. Dean And Rev. Barbara Rose
After having studied physics, I have realized that we live in a very strange universe. At the subatomic level, science sees that most of the structure of an atom is empty space - there is tiny nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons which make up the atom with mostly empty space being the predo...
Posted by Daniel Arendt
I use the avatar of a bust of ancient philosopher Parmenides to symbolize my purpose for joining the ULC Monastery minister’s forum; he is known by fragments mostly of a proem (that’s not mis-spelled) surviving from circa 550 BCE; he is largely known through references back to him by such philosophe...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
There has been some discussion on the site about drugs. Many of us were brought up by parents that told us they did not do those kinds of things in there day a...
Posted by Paul Loverde
Let me tell you at length about the bus ride dynamic that went on yesterday. Cosmic. I get down to the stop at 2nd and Santa Monica, and take my spot at the stoop of a building that has an AA meeting going on inside. It was the first brick building in Santa Monica, ...
Posted by Rev. Andreas Luck
Do you also have the feeling sometimes, that God test your believe? I have this time right now. It's so hard. I do not live in my home country, so I just can't get help from the government. I work so hard, but there is no income right now. I have two lovely daugters, where I'm...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
This word RAPTURE. I find it extremely interesting that so many quote this as scripture, when in fact the word appears no where in the KJV, NKJV, NLT, NIV, ESV,RVR, NASB,RSV, ASV, YNG, WEB, HNV, Latin Vulgate, WLC(H...
Posted by Patriarch ISAAC
As a minister is it always our biggest fear to be prepared for service and on time to find a room full of empty seats. We dream of it happening to each of us. Why? Because this is a sign that faith has died. Faith in ourselves as a leader; Faith in our beliefs of our religion; Faith in all we ...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
here is my view on why i feel cannabis should be de-crimilized across the board. main reason i believe this is that the cannabis has many uses.....................from medical uses it had over 200 uses in this field alone before it was outlawed .......i understand you can over dose on cannabis but ...
Posted by Timothy Hayes
Last Tuesday evening the Mindshifters group watched the second half of the lecture by Dr. Michael Ryce titled, "Introduction to A Course In Miracles with Advanced Understanding". While we have watched this lecture several times already, there is always something different which catches my attention....
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
"All translations of the Bible say the same thing" I hear this all the time, but do they really? I am the first to agree that the different translations are very similar in most respects and for those of us with a...
Posted by Natasha Sol
It's been a week since some friends and I embarked on a 3-day journey last Friday, called "The Love Experiment", inspired by John Randolph Price's, The Love Book. I have to admit that my experience didn't manifest quite like the fluffy, LUV bunny fest like I envisioned it would be (im...
Posted by Daniel Arendt
Two nights ago I aquired some cyberstalker using name "Anonymous" with no photo; as I was going to post this, another of "its" messages was at my blog, this time implying I'm a Tennessean or in Tennessee...I deleted it, and I'm sure you would agree such stalker regardless of who it fl...
Posted by Charles Lee, Jr
Yeah.. you know those times when you feel like you're going to lose something or, someone...a job; a loved one; a reputation; a possession or; even our own life. Nothing is more prevelant yet, less acknowledged the fears and trepedation we live out our days with, gnawing on our emotional ...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
many people tell me they dont do it many feel its wrong i feel they should stop lying to them selves we as a human race must make judgments i mean through the time of a single day we will go through, there will be many interactions with random new people plus you got the peopl...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
i will never tell you what god says i dont know god never meet him/her/it (not going to argue if god is a guy or a chick or even some kind of panda bear) well unless iam making a joke but mainly i just cant tell you what god says i cant tell you gods plan nor can i tell you what...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
gays are against nature many have said just that what i dont get is if its against nature why are so many animals gay or why do they do gay acts i mean we cant really teach them iam sure we can through science and conditaning but i dont think there is a group out there devoting ...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
my church's stand on abortion iam so Pro-choice have been all my life so goes with out saying my church is Pro-choice so i state it here and now the church of "The Seed of Life & The Leaves of Healing" stands behind Pro-choice a few reasons A. some people for he...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
my churchs view on birth control and sex education birth control is the best condoms pills shots what ever is all gravy to me kids are great and everything but its not great to have a kid when one is not ready i think iam not saying every one should just go out and get the pill and som...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
my church view on divorce iam pro- divorce so my church is pro-divorce one reason mainly i see no point in staying married if your not happy with it iam not talking about you two are fighting over bills or over who does the most chores iam talking that you and your spouse h...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
my churchs view on death well wish i could say there is a heaven the idea of heaven makes no sence to me so i cant really believe into it now i do believe that when a person dies we get recycled back into the earth (this also works with my human race evolving thing with different pl...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
my church and cannabis the church of "the seed of life & the leaves of healing fully supports the cannabis plant this is truly a holy gift from the creator if one is hungry they may eat of this plants seeds and be feed if one is ill the use of this plant can help in many way...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
to forgive i believe every one gets one free one i also believe to forgive a stranger faster then a friend since well a friend should know better two times ok maybe three times is pushing it better be glad i like you fourth time is just not going to happen u...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
the sanctuary fully supports people getting married its a great thing to see such a love we also support gay people in getting married love is not about gender we also support more then just 2 being married some times such a love as this is shared between more then one...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
in my sanctuary in sanctuary cannabis is used in helping one gain enlightment it is also used in calming a troubled mind or in helping people with the mourning of a lost love one we do not believe in abusing cannabis but in protecting it the sale of cannabis is forbiden in my...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
at times it seems we are alone but the fact is we are all linked everything from the rocks to the trees to us we are all one we are all the same everything came from the same begining and and everything will have the same end
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
other religions view on the the holy plant Tradition in India maintains that the gods sent man the Hemp plant so that he might attain delight, courage, and have heightened sexual desires. When nectar or Amrita dropped down from heaven, Cannabis sprouted from it. Another story t...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
Cannabis, A Sacrament of the Religion of the "Seed of Life & The Leaves of Healing" MEMBERS OF the church of "The Seed of Life & The Leaves of Healing" ARE MANDATED TO USE CANNABIS SACRAMENT IN SPIRITUAL/MEDITATIVE PRACTICES BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT SACRAMENTAL CANNABIS: for the S...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
care to remeber to take ones time not to rush in and cause more negative energy then ask can it be fixed if so do what you can do you want it fixed some times its best to move on i feel if you have been wronged so many times its better to move on
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
charity if you see a hungry person feed him if you can if you see a hurt person heal them if you can if you see a sick person cure them if you can if you see some one in need of protection protect them if you can iam not saying give till it hurts iam not even saying...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
we are one of earth for we come from the earth the air, water, earth, life & energy energy begins life life breaths the air and drinks the water & even consumes other life through living and death life will release back in to the earth. energy, air, & water they a...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
rule one one should learn all they can you should never be scared to question something so question it all
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
not too long ago some one important to my wife had passed now its been a few days since then this person use to go to a church and the person who preach was brother greg now brother greg waited a week or two to let some people know this person had pass even though he knew about it befo...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
Of the historical material indicating the Hebraic use of cannabis, the strongest and most profound piece of evidence was established in 1936 by Sula Benet (a.k.a. Sara Benetowa), a Polish etymologist from the Institute of Anthropological Sciences in Warsaw. Benet later stated that: "...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
kaneh-bosm THEN THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, "TAKE THE FOLLOWING FINE SPICES: 500 SHEKELS OF LIQUID MYRRH, HALF AS MUCH OF FRAGRANT CINNAMON, 250 SHEKELS OF KANNABOSM, 500 SHEKELS OF CASSIA - ALL ACCORDING TO THE SANCTUARY SHEKEL - AND A HIND OF OLIVE OIL. MAKE THESE INTO MAKE THESE INTO A SACRED ...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
GOD wants cannabis kaneh-bosm appears in Isaiah, where God is reprimanding the Israelites for, among other things, not supplying him with his due of the Holy Herb. YOU HAVE NOT BROUGHT ANY KANEH FOR ME, OR LAVISHED ON ME THE FAT OF YOUR SACRIFICES. BUT YOU HAVE BURDENED ME WITH YOUR SI...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
Ancient Hebraic use According to Aryeh Kaplan, [13] cannabis was an ingredient in the Holy anointing oil mentioned in various sacred Hebrew texts. The herb of interest is most commonly known as kaneh-bosem (קְנֵה-בֹשֶׂם; the si...
Posted by William Or Asian Wil Steele
what i say Rev Asian Will says I will never use the fear of death to force people to believe as I do & I detest any religion or cult that uses such a fear on it followers you will never hear me speak of hell for feel its a sorry ass way to get followers if you read ...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
I've been asked about the Giants that the KJV infers were the sons of God and that they went into the daughters of men and the women bore them children. Below are a group of text from different sources that may help people answer...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
I needed a time away from transformation to give a reflection of transcending from one plane to the next...safe journeys! The Masters’ Table A Gendered Base Education What is language? What is knowledge? ...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
I can not begin to guess at the number of times this question has been ask of me. Unfortunately the Bibles used by the modern Protestant faiths leaves this question with no answer, even the Standard KJV that I my...
Posted by Rev. Sir Patrick Shinkle
And on the Eight Day, God has come back leaving his Presence know to those who listen. God is here to witness his living Son and feel the Holy Spirits Love. No one really knows the length of God's Day, do you? It has been upon us for some time now. May the Holy Trinity ...
Posted by James Spencer
On Sunday 2/7/2010 I was visiting my Mother-in-law's church and the pastor asked everyone to pray in place. So I closed my eyes and asked God for an amplifier for my bass guitar. I asked as a child would ask his rich parents for something he or she felt they needed. You know how kids are. I bel...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
I'm not so sure that we are looking at the whole picture. Literalists are required by scripture KJV 2Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved un...
Posted by Rev. Michael Meakin, Abbot; The Order Of Saint Elizabeth I (OSEI)
Incarnate Once, in a barren desert, God Almighty dwelled; confronted by a paradox that never would be quelled; God made flesh, a living, breathing part of His own Creation; yet, separated from the realm from which came His inspiration. The Father's voice within His ear did echo all the whi...
Posted by Rev. Sir Patrick Shinkle
Look up the word "Quantum". Any one can understand what it is about and don't be intimidated by it. It has been proven that everything is connected. Now look up the words "Reality Shift". This is a new concept that we can make things happen collectively. The power of prayer is an examp...
Posted by Daniel Arendt
[I’m addressing this topic on permissive will solely from my own Christian faith’s dynamics, in particular for comparison to John Calvin’s “The Institutes” on same…not to deride or exclude any other perspectives, but to present my hesitance toward Calvinist predestination theory and general overuse ...
Posted by Sage David Rosman
My dear gentlepersons: I know the origins of the term "Yahwey" and its various spellings. It is my understanding that the word is not found in the Torah except as a respelling of "Adonoi" as to not insult God if misused. Is this correct? If you are a Jewish of Christian scholor,...
Posted by Patriarch ISAAC
I must admit that procrastination has kept me from actually completing this months discussion on time. I knew 3 days before the beginning of February what I intended to write but as the time drew near I couldn't find the words. The joys of the month overwhelmed me, as they should. We focus all ...
Posted by Matthew James
Em-Hotep From the Exp. that I have gathered over the years, I find that a great many people in this world are a little more than afraid of the Darkness! They consider it to be evil or where the demons and devils live. Well, that may be true in some regar...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
There is a small town in the south eastern United States that is home to a small church that has as average attendance of 150. The economy in this town has been hit hard, and as the members of the community lost the...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
Next » « Prev Identity Politics Reflections of Class Discussion Publish Date: 02/11/2010 I just wanted to check in that I wanted you to know that my intentions in class are to go deeper and be a critical thinker. I realize I have lost some good ties with women in the class...
Posted by Rev. Jeremy Cook
Greetings all, As an activist and advocate for freedom of expression and democracy, and as a technophile, I have been intrigued to watch the protests going on in Iran over the last eight months. I was deeply saddened as the images of the last minutes of the life of a young l...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
Disclaimer: These articles may have materials of offensive language, theories and views, they do not have the intention to show any personal opinion... These views are very thought Provocative, please beware of strong language and theories. Class assignments... Cu...
Posted by Daniel Arendt
In the manner that many criticize the bare claim of genetic/intellectual superiority as a "reason" to eradicate the significance of ethics and generalized dignity, so too per Mark Chapter 7 Jesus appears to have criticized those religious who over-use "God's property or will" as a no-questions-...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
Ministers of all faiths often times use funerals as an opportunity to impress their individual beliefs, doctrine on those attending in an attempt to proselyte or to put it into their words "win souls". I have mixed e...
Posted by Daniel Arendt
The Roman Catholic Confessional, always for what that religion deems a sacrament, has always prima facie been a way for penitents to privately meet with clergy and be informed Jesus forgives all their sins...essentially what, say, ULC Monastery conveys through its online chapel absolution; Benedict ...
Posted by Seer Ashlamaz
Holy Tablets, Chapter Eight, Tablet Two- The Anointer of The Cherub (19 x 2 = 38) Lo! O' El Nuwr, the healing, the burning light in the chest of each human being, 2. Forever the very Eloheem who will feel the pain of hell. 3. Let the disagreeable Eloheem Cherubeem: Abbadu...
Posted by Greta Ramey
Well growning up my Father was a Southern Old Reg. Baptist Preacher very old school where you couldnt wear make up or pants and women didnt preach but as I got older and started to get wild and finally got married I said I have enough of church cause we went every where you could think of I hated it...
Posted by Rev. James Spotts
There have been so many changes for the best since i've turned my life over to Christ. I am seeing the world in a different way. When i read my bible i get a sense of peace that comes over me that i cannot describe. Last year may 11th 2009 i had brain surgery to remove a 2 inch tumor and...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
Murray chapter six, domestic violence against women: What is domestic abuse against women? If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives h...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
Murray chapter six, domestic violence against women: What is domestic abuse against women? If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives h...
Posted by Daniel Arendt
Just as there is no single social Darwinian unifier, other than the term itself, there need be no one particular spirituality or group of them geared to peaceful eternal progress. I see through the Bible that I may adequately express my concurrence with God through advocating “Ethical Culture...
Posted by Garry Sprigg
The Festival of Presence The Festival of Presence is to honor and practice living in the Now, the present! This holiday is celebrated by the enlightened in spiritual understanding. Purpose: To promote spiritual evolution Teachings: You are Love, created by God...
Posted by Roberta "Josephine" Nelson
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Posted by Daniel Arendt
One understands the social Darwinian position is that religion is but a common innate self-projection in all humanity, with any religion being but an excuse for enabling one collective to suppress or conquer another(s) through singular action or in combination with allies…in the social and intellect...
Posted by Rev. James Spotts
My only wish now is to be one of Gods children and do his bidding. And through me help others to learn the way of Christ. The lord knows that i've had a rough life and through him and him only will i be healed of my short comings. ...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
Be Merciful Finding Peace Publish Date: 01/12/2010 Job Reflections Then Elihu said, "Hear my words, you wise men. Listen to me, you who know. For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food. Let us choose for ourselves what is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good. For Job h...
Posted by Keisha Merchant
Standing Alone: Vision Creed The Feminist Standpoint: Material life (class position in Marxist theory) not only structures but sets limits on the understanding of social relations. The vision of the ruling class (or gender) structures the material relations in which all parties are ...
Posted by Rev Robert Fuller
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