In your prayers and meditations this week, as you come on the times of trouble and confusion… When you’re not sure what’s next and it’s time to just give it all off to your Maker in prayer… At that very moment of release and opening your heart when all around seems so lost… Can you ...

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Scribe on June 1st, 2008

This is the first draft of what should be a much longer document, and I plan to add to it privately here, and publish again later. Based on the responsive-style reading of The Prayers of the People, here is my version of the “Prayers of Our People.” These are written to be used either as ...

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Many church denomination use the book of Psalms as part of their worship experience, and even more people use the Psalms as part of their daily spiritual practice. But what do they DO with this unusual set of song lyrics that run the gamut from hate, anger, and retribution (the “Please God – Squash My ...

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Scribe on May 26th, 2008

For the Memorial Day weekend, Bill and I hit the road for a couple of days to visit my parents in Western North Carolina for an orgy of furniture outlet shopping (we are doing a 2 year-long “staging” of our house for sale… maybe. There’s the possibility of fixing it up to the point that ...

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How many people do you know who have given up on the church, given up on “religion”, and even tried to give up on their spirituality because the church, the religion, the preacher, “the crowd” let them down? Many many people have turned (or run) away from a church that tries too hard to convince ...

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