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Tools of the Soul
Your mind, with all it’s knowledge, assumptions and beliefs, is just a tool of the soul. I dearly love the work of our dear Sister Wildcucumber. I find her sweet voice worthy of harmonizing with my baritone. The dominant thread … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, epistemology, intellect, mysticism, Post-Enlightenment Western thinking, psychology, Sister Wildcucumber, spirituality, Two Realms
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Merry Christmas 2014
Don’t you just love how activists oversimplify everything? Keep your guns. I’ve never had a good one, so I traded off the ones I did have that weren’t much good. Since I can get food without hunting, all I really … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, guns, military, mission, mysticism, sensory heart
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Exercising the Heart
Perhaps it’s not so hard for you, but some of us will need some extra time and effort regaining our connection to the sensory heart. It may also be a matter of learning to engage your heart in areas of … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged fitness, mysticism, nature, peace, psychology, sensory heart, spirituality
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Two-Fisted Prayer
With one hand we keep a grip on the anchor of our souls; the other reaches out to seize the world with redemptive power. Let’s remind ourselves that faith is a synonym for commitment and trust. In this case, we … Continue reading
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Tagged faith in God, faithful stewards, ministry, mission, moral consciousness, mysticism, prayer, redemptive power
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Moral Down Payment
Do you suppose the grass sang when His resurrected feet trod the ground of the garden where He had been buried? Given the recent months of teaching here, consider again what Paul says about Creation and the Fall: For the … Continue reading
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Tagged Creation, epistemology, moral consciousness, mysticism, peace, scripture, sensory heart, spirituality
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Of Trees and Technology (Updated)
I don’t take myself that seriously, so if you are amused, I’ll laugh along with you. So, for example, as a pretty serious woodsman with hand tools, you should not be surprised if I tell you that trees talk to … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, mysticism, nature, OpenSUSE, suse, technology, writing, XFCE desktop
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Pastoral Note: Changes
It’s not for me to say whether, or how, it will affect any of you, dear readers and parishioners. For me, there are changes. In ways large and small, we live in the time of Peleg again (Genesis 10:25). It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, ministry, miscellaneous, mission, mysticism, Peleg, virtual parish
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That First Step
Jesus came to correct the false understanding of Moses’ Law. There were plenty of things the Jews of His day got right. For example, there was no blatant idolatry. It wasn’t much of an issue, so Jesus only noted in … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, history, human sexuality, idolatry, Israel, Law of Moses, mysticism, religion, scripture
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