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I Must Not Fear!

BlogJanuary 22, 2021162Views0Likes0Comments
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."…

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3 Insights for A Faithful Life

BlogJanuary 20, 2021176Views0Likes0Comments
Our busy lives really do challenge us in keeping our priorities in the right order, don’t they? We moderns are a complicated mishmash of schedules, opportunities, affluence, and “freedom.” And that multiplication of events, desires, hopes, and advertisements don’t seem to be slowing down. It seems that each new day brings a new barrage of…

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Look To Yourself And Know Yourself

BlogJanuary 19, 2021289Views0Likes0Comments
The great, ancient philosopher Lao Tzu said "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power." And I would, arrogantly, add that the first step in mastering yourself is truly knowing yourself. And that, my angels, is much more profound than what any of us might imagine. Of…

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After the Temptation

BlogJanuary 14, 2021191Views0Likes0Comments
The old saying is "It is easier to avoid temptation than to resist it." And while that may be true, our real lives have shown is that we will most likely have to resist temptation more than we will be attentive enough to avoid it! But that isn't all bad. The truth is learning to resist…

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How Do You KNOW?

BlogJanuary 13, 2021178Views0Likes0Comments
I never will forget the moment in college when I was confronted with the question "how do you know?" It was in an undergraduate philosophy class and I had actually never really thought about "how" I knew things. The fancy name for this is "epistemology." And epistemology is the study of how we know. It…

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He Escaped!

BlogJanuary 12, 2021220Views0Likes0Comments
OK, I'm afraid of closed in places. I think it's called "claustrophobia." The first time I remember discovering this uneasy feeling was when I was a boy and we were playing hide and seek. I found this perfect hiding place in a small cupboard in the kitchen. And it must have been a good spot…

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