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May.09.2009
The Sabbath is yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It’s every day that we celebrate life and the universe, contemplate the divine, believe in hope, and to give thanks for beauty, our loved ones, and ourselves. The Sabbath is when we ask forgiveness, forgive others, and reclaim our kindness and...
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Apr.30.2009
I am writing this book online. I don't know the future it may have for publishing. It will be a book reflecting on the theological ideas of the Hebrew Bible. --Derek
Introduction
To say that the Hebrew Bible speaks is to reject simplistic ideas about the Bible. It is not a book which simply...
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Apr.28.2009
Here is the blurb I have on CD Baby for the Black Hole CD. [Note this blurb only applies to the Black Hole CD songs (recorded in 1998), not to the Sand Songs CD (which were written 20 years before the Black Hole songs).]
<<Puzzle Element Music is Jennifer on guitar & vocals.
These songs...
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Apr.28.2009
April 28
CHAPTER AND VERSE
I remember being trained and rehearsed for finding the words which would release my soul from bondage. The scrupulous concern for detail pointed me to heaven. And yet I drank. Inside these rooms the path is wide, judgment is suspended and I have the right to be...
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Apr.23.2009
Definition of Theology: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially: the study of God and of God's relation to the world.
Through great sorrow, I began my journey in search for a meaning in life. It started with my earliest study and prayer through the Bible, which...
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Apr.23.2009
I have watched CNN these days and I have heard lots of things about the Talibans wanting to ban girls from going to school. Those who live in the Swat Valley want the Shariah Law in the whole Pakistan. The Pakistani governement might cave to the Taliban's silly demands because they have fear....
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Apr.22.2009
As I laid in bed cuddling my wife, trying to lull myself to sleep. Sleep did not come to me, instead I got out of bed to write my thoughts.
What a narcissistic, homophobic, heterophobic, racist, backstabbing, deceptive, gender debilitating, segregated, egotistical, hateful, judgmental two faced...
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Apr.12.2009
If you attended church or synagogue this week, or celebrated a Passover meal, or are eating an Easter dinner as I write this, chances are you heard excerpts of what filmmakers have called "the greatest story ever told". Words like exodus and crucifixtion and plague and ascension, which...
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Apr.10.2009
I'm blogging to let those who could not make it to my production on the 8th know how everything turned out and for those who were there and just wanted some behind the scenes information.
I was thrilled with the turnout. I ran off 75 copies of the program and all but one was taken--and I know some...
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Apr.09.2009
The following is a portion from my yet-to-be published novel, Of Little Faith. Because Easter is approaching, I thought this would be a good time to share it. -- Carol
The foyer was quiet, except for the drone of the organ beyond the closed doors. Service had begun and I was...
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