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  • Out of Orthodoxy - Why This Former Orthodox Rabbi Will Officiate at Interfaith Marriages  By : Rabbi David S. Gruber
    In his article, Rabbi David S. Gruber, a former Orthodox rabbi, elaborately explains what has led him to become a Jewish secular humanist and officiate interfaith weddings.
  • Negative Thinking Versus Positive Thinking  By : wwjd4u
    My heart has compelled me to write down my feelings on the negative response we are hearing from the media and the political arena every day, every minute of the day. Why does news have to be bad all the time? It is so easy today to be negative and speak doom and gloom to everyone all of the time. Now it is being said that we live in an area that has the second highest rate of unemployment in the country. Businesses are closing their doors, schools are closing, the state is bankrupt.
  • The Christian’s Secret  By : Dianne Ronnow
    The book and dvd “The Secret” has become popular with people I work with lately. I viewed the dvd and was disappointed to find out that it really is no secret. I’ve been hearing this stuff most of my life. Maybe it is because I was raised as a Christian.

    Yes, there is certainly truth to it. There are “spiritual” laws in place in the universe, just like there are physical laws such as gravity. I like to call them Laws of Faith. “The Secret” calls them Laws of Attraction. It...
  • Take Control Of Your Words  By : Karen Jaworski
    Or…they will take control of you! As Matthew 12:34 NIV says…for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. When you open up your mouth whatever you have hidden in your heart, whatever you have tucked away in the back of your mind, at some point in time or another, comes out of your mouth. When it does you better watch out! The words you allow to fall from your lips are a direct telltale sign that shows those around you the condition of your heart.

    If your heart i...
  • How To Handle Grievances And Disagreements  By : Connie Limon
    Jesus speaks about how to get along with each other. If your brother or sister trespasses against you, go to the person and talk about the fault that is between you in private. If the person receives you and listens to your feelings, then the dispute is settled and you have gained ground in the friendship with that person. In the situation where the person does not receive you, does not want to hear your feelings, or does not agree with you, then take one or two witnesses so ...
  • The Only Thing That You Are Suffering by Elysha  By :
    To enter this freedom of your heart you are going to have to let go, surrender and leave alone your moment by moment attempt to be who you think you are. There is just no way that you can get around this one.
  • Why Did We Choose To Come Here When We Were Already Part Of God To Begin With?  By : Bawa Muhaiyaddeen -
    From: Why Can’t I See the Angels? pg 40-41.

    QUESTION: Why did we choose to come here when we were already part of God to begin with?

    BAWA MUHAIYADDEN: That is a good question. The soul is a part of God and the reason you came here is to understand Him and to understand yourself. You came here to know what God is like and what you are like. You must know what God is, what you are, and what creation is.

    This world is a school, a university. You came here to this school...
  • Seeing God Through The Eyes Of A Child  By : Siobhan Gamble
    When you look into the eyes of a child, it doesn’t take a special kind of person to see their innocence, imagination and wonder. Every child, no matter what part of the world they come from or what language they speak, pretends, believes, and has irrational fears. One minute she may be a princess in a fairytale, the next, a ballerina in a show putting on her best performance. He may pretend to be an astronaut on a special mission or set up

    a special booby trap to capture t...
  • Spiritual Love And Spiritual Discrimination  By : Robert Najemy
    There are times when we face an inner conflict about how we should actually behave towards our loved ones when they are asking us to do things for them that conflict with our sense of justice, values or ethics or perhaps with our needs for time, energy or money.

    For example, they might ask us:

    1. To give them money.
    2. To lend them money.
    3. To do something for them that is their responsibility.
    4. To tell a lie to cover up for them.
    5. To go somewhere with them.
    ...
  • Great Shift of Consciousness - The Passion  By : Gerald O Donnell
    Great shift of consciousness. Where does our passion lay, and how it effects free choice in manifesting reality.
  • Out of The Matrix  By : Gerald O Donnell
    The Universal Mind (The IS: Eternal Intelligence-Awareness) always tries to teach its entities of thought about Its reality and their purpose, through the medium of creative inspiration.
  • Who Is God? A Sufi Perspective  By : Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
    Man is not really this external form, this body. The inner form of man is the qualities of God...Within that form is the shadowless soul, which came as a ray from God…It has no form or shadow…Everything has a shadow, but not the soul. God has no shadow, truth has no shadow, and wisdom has no shadow.
  • Spiritual Awakening: The Opening Of The Way  By : Julie Redstone
    The arrival of a new level of spiritual awareness can be as gentle as a slight breeze, in fact, almost beneath the level of our noticing. It can come as a perception of what is not, rather than what is. For example, a pain in the heart that has been there for a long time can suddenly feel like it is off in the distance. Or a sense of anxiety that has traveled with us for a long time can suddenly be missing. The absence of what has been can be a signal, as much as anything ...
  • The Fascination With Celebrity: A Spiritual View  By : Julie Redstone
    Our daily lives are filled with multiple choices that determine what we do.

    We could choose to spend our time learning about the advances that science has made in discerning what is happening with our oceans and glaciers as a result of global warming; or in the prediction of weather patterns; or in the discovery of genetic coding for a variety of diseases; or in the expanding view of space that lies beyond our own galaxy.

    We could learn another language, since most Am...
  • Simple Ways To Share Christ With Children  By : Chanda Stegall
    As Christian parents, one of the most important duties that we have is to teach our children about the Lord. This is an awesome responsibility. It can also seem like an overwhelming responsibility. But Praise God - our Heavenly Father, in His infinite wisdom has built four teachable moments into our day that can help us to share His word with our children in bite-sized, manageable chunks.

    Deuteronomy 6:6-7 says: “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your...
  • Follow The Man!  By : Rick Josey
    Where do you go for spiritual truth?

    To a Baptist church? A Methodist congregation? Should you attend an Episcopal or Catholic sanctuary? Or perhaps you should join a parachurch or one of those huge mega-churches. They have great pastors, right?

    Hey, just who are you following anyway?

    When I was in college one of my professors said the Bible is full of errors. He even showed us a “contradiction” in the book of Galatians. This was very upsetting, since I had been tau...
  • A Season Of Revelation  By : Raquel Soto
    Foundational text: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3 KJV

    As I was seeking the Lord on what to share with you this month, I clearly heard the Jeremiah 33:3. I honestly couldn’t remember what it was, so I looked it up.

    There are so many great things happening in the ministry. I do not have the time now to tell you all of it, but I have had the chance to pray for people for many people the las...
  • A Time Of New Beginnings  By : Julie Redstone
    The way of the world has, until now, been categorized as being opposed to the 'way of Spirit', and it has been said, correctly, with reference to the ego and the Spirit, that "ye cannot serve two masters." But the union of the two worlds is rapidly approaching, and in this union there will no longer be two masters to serve, but only one – the God within and the God without, for these two are but two parts of one unified whole. The God within is the Divine essence of being t...
  • Will You Give Up Your Beliefs For Spiritual Enlightenment?  By :
    You can be who you are but you will never consciously be who you are while you are defending who you think you are. Who you think you are is hoping to be relieved of its own movement while perpetuating its own movement.
  • The Great Deception  By : Innocent M Gathungu
    "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy …" (John 10:10a)

    I feel compelled to comment on the state of things in the world today and how they have impacted on us as Christians.

    It appears that morality, holiness, righteousness and integrity are under attack from all corners of the world. The devil, it appears, is waging a seemingly successful war against all that which is good and Godly. Christians the world over are under attack from the devi...
  • Don't Live Your Life Unplugged  By : Janet Daughtry
    Have you ever had good intentions only to not follow through? Ever started out on a new goal only to give out of gas after a only short time?

    A common mistake we all make is to underestimate our own lack of strength, wisdom or creativity. We really believe we are a lot stronger and wiser than we are. We really believe we can do it by ourselves or handle things on our own. It seems ridiculous that we would "try" to live the Christian life in our "own" strength or resourcef...
  • Lessons From Cheers: What We Can Learn From Norm  By : Mike Wendland -
    One of the favorites from the Cheers TV show is the epitome of “Mr. I don’t Care.” You know him as Norm.

    Yeah Norm, the guy who finds the glass does get empty. It doesn’t stay filled. It runs dry. Like life.

    Do you know that frustration? No matter what you do... no matter what new job you get, what relationship you become involved with, what vacation you take, “thing” you buy.... the thrill, the satisfaction just sort of... runs out.

    And so you’re left sitting there....
  • Lessons From Cheers: What We Can Learn From Sam  By : Mike Wendland -
    Remember Sam Malone from the old Cheers TV show?

    Sam. A guy who doesn't like rules.

    I used to have trouble with all those “Thou Shall Nots,” too. And - let’s be honest - God does have a lot of “Thou Shall Nots” for us. He does have some standards, some directions and some rules. And it does grate against our ego to be told NOT to do something, doesn’t it?

    See we live in a society that stresses ego... self... empowerment... being assertive... looking out for number on...
  • Lifestyle Evangelism At The Ice Cream Shop  By : Mike Wendland -
    There I was at the ice cream stand the other night, standing in one of two parallel lines waiting my turn for a medium twist.

    Directly opposite me was a middle-aged guy wearing a haggard look.

    I saw him glance at me a couple of times but didn't think much until he said "Excuse me... I have to ask. You believe that?" He gestured at my T-shirt.

    I was wearing a Christian T-Shirt emblazoned across the front with the words: "In God I trust."
    An ice cream line was the las...
  • How To Share Christ With A Nonbeliever  By : Mike Wendland -
    We're told by Jesus to go out into the whole world and tell others about the Good News?
    But just how can we do that?

    Here's my top ten suggestions on how to share Christ with a nonbeliever.

    1. Look for common interests. WIth most people, it does little good to hit people over the head with a Bible. Instead, talk about common interests, problems, experiences. In other words, build a relationship.

    2. Listen more than you talk for the first few minutes. Ask questions. ...
  • Lessons From Cheers: What We Can Learn From Cliff  By : Mike Wendland -
    One of the most memorable characters on Cheers was a guy who appeared open to everything, tolerant of it all. The problem was he was so open to everything that he hadn't a real clue about anything.

    We’re talking about Cliff, the mail carrier and barstool regular. Cliff is "Mr. Whatever."

    Cliff is the type who hedges his bet. You know, ready to admit there may be some cosmic force of good out there, but also ready to admit there may be something to reincarnation, mystici...
  • Lessons From Cheers: What We Can Learn From Carla  By : Mike Wendland -
    One of the saddest charaters on the old Cheers TV show is a woman who had some heavy burdens dumped on her. So she goe around with a protective shield firmly in place.

    I call this type... “Ms. Attitude.” On Cheers, that's “Carla,” the waitress.

    Carla. Tough as nails on the outside... a real mess on the inside. Carla holds it all inside. She lashes out. But we see that hurt. A bad marriage. In Carla’s case, a couple of bad marriages. Bad luck. Hurt. Disappointment. Bad b...
  • Lessons From Cheers: What We Can Learn From Frasier  By : Mike Wendland -
    Do you know people like Frasier?

    People who are “Too Intellectual” to buy into this God stuff?

    See, the bottom line is, you can’t prove that God exists in a scientific laboratory.

    Nor can you prove that there is a still small silent voice inside you that keeps shouting that there has to be more to life than just life, which begins and...ends.

    You can’t prove each of us has a conscience. An innate sense of right and wrong.

    You can’t prove there is such a thing a...
  • Finding Favor In Uncommon Places  By : Janet Daughtry
    What do you want in your life? What kind of life would you like to live? I believe the answer lies in a question: What are you and I becoming? There is much written today in the coaching world about the law of attraction. The truth of the matter is that we really are attracting positive and negative things into our life everyday by our conversations, our interactions, even our demeanor. A person that acts and speaks negatively will no doubt repel positive people and most like...
  • The New Christian Belief Coaching  By : Daryl Daughtry
    Christian Belief or Life Coaching can be traced to both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, that teach, “people do what they do because they believe what they believe,” i.e., “As a man thinks in his heart so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7)

    This alternative to traditional Christian counseling is not built on personal therapeutic skills or abilities, but rather on the powerful truth of the Word of God that counters the lies people have unfortunately believed. If a hurting perso...
  • The Role Of Spiritual Warfare In Healing  By : Dr. Jay Snell
    Healing is probably the most misunderstood truth in the Bible. More false notions exist about healing than any other doctrine. For this reason, many are not healed who could be healed.

    The greatest misunderstanding for believers concerning healing is to wrongly assume that faith or divine healing must be instantaneous. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Although some healings occur in an instant, most of them require a process which involves a length of time.

    From...


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